drip feed

1. 1.

   the administration of a solution (blood or saline or plasma etc.) one drop at a time

   Broaderadministration

Questions about drip feed

What does drip feed mean?

drip feed means "the administration of a solution (blood or saline or plasma etc.) one drop at a time".

Is drip feed a common word?

drip feed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.