parenteral

para- +‎ enteral; early 20th century.

parenteral (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Administered by some means that avoids the gastrointestinal tract, particularly intravenously or by injection.

   Antonym: enteral

   Hyponyms: subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, intraperitoneal

   • 2003, Peter G. Pappas, “Terbinafine”, in William E. Dismukes, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel, editors, Clinical Mycology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 106:

     Terbinafine is available in 250 mg tablets and in a topical 1% ointment. There is no parenteral form available.

• enteral
• enteric

• parenterally

• IPA^(key): /paʁɛnteˈʁaːl/

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parenteral (strong nominative masculine singular parenteraler, not comparable)

1. (medicine) parenteral

• “parenteral” in Duden online
• “parenteral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• Hyphenation: pa‧ren‧te‧ral

parenteral m or f (plural parenterais, not comparable)

1. (medicine) parenteral

   Hyponyms: intramuscular, intravenoso, subcutâneo

Borrowed from French parentéral.

parenteral m or n (feminine singular parenterală, masculine plural parenterali, feminine and neuter plural parenterale)

1. parenteral

• IPA^(key): /paɾenteˈɾal/ [pa.ɾẽn̪.t̪eˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pa‧ren‧te‧ral

parenteral m or f (masculine and feminine plural parenterales)

1. (medicine) parenteral

• “parenteral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014