intravenous

1. 1.

   within or by means of a vein

   “an intravenous inflammation”

   “intravenous feeding”

   Synonymsendovenous

Questions about intravenous

What does intravenous mean?

intravenous means "within or by means of a vein".

How many syllables are in intravenous?

intravenous has 4 syllables: in-tra-ve-nous. The stress falls on "ve". In IPA it is /ˌɪntɹəˈvinəs/.

What is another word for intravenous?

Close synonyms include endovenous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is intravenous a common word?

intravenous 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.