total parenteral nutrition

1. 1.

   administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes

   SynonymsTPNhyperalimentation

   Broaderfeeding

Questions about total parenteral nutrition

What does total parenteral nutrition mean?

total parenteral nutrition means "administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes".

What is another word for total parenteral nutrition?

Close synonyms include TPN, hyperalimentation. 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 total parenteral nutrition a common word?

total parenteral nutrition is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.