parenteral

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See also: parentéral and parental

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ enteral; early 20th century.

Adjective

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.

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Translations

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʁɛnteˈʁaːl/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

parenteral (strong nominative masculine singular parenteraler, not comparable)

  1. (medicine) parenteral

Declension

Positive forms of parenteral (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist parenteral sie ist parenteral es ist parenteral sie sind parenteral
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative parenteraler parenterale parenterales parenterale
genitive parenteralen parenteraler parenteralen parenteraler
dative parenteralem parenteraler parenteralem parenteralen
accusative parenteralen parenterale parenterales parenterale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der parenterale die parenterale das parenterale die parenteralen
genitive des parenteralen der parenteralen des parenteralen der parenteralen
dative dem parenteralen der parenteralen dem parenteralen den parenteralen
accusative den parenteralen die parenterale das parenterale die parenteralen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein parenteraler eine parenterale ein parenterales (keine) parenteralen
genitive eines parenteralen einer parenteralen eines parenteralen (keiner) parenteralen
dative einem parenteralen einer parenteralen einem parenteralen (keinen) parenteralen
accusative einen parenteralen eine parenterale ein parenterales (keine) parenteralen

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: pa‧ren‧te‧ral

Adjective

parenteral m or f (plural parenterais, not comparable)

  1. (medicine) parenteral
    Hyponyms: intramuscular, intravenoso, subcutâneo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French parentéral.

Adjective

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

  1. parenteral

Declension

Declension of parenteral
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite parenteral parenterală parenterali parenterale
definite parenteralul parenterala parenteralii parenteralele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite parenteral parenterale parenterali parenterale
definite parenteralului parenteralei parenteralilor parenteralelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɾenteˈɾal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: pa‧ren‧te‧ral

Adjective

parenteral m or f (masculine and feminine plural parenterales)

  1. (medicine) parenteral

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