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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (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;
[syn: total parenteral nutrition, TPN, hyperalimentation]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

TPN n 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 [syn: total parenteral nutrition, TPN, hyperalimentation]