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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The administration or ingestion of unusually large amounts of nutrients.
2. 2
   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 wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

total parenteral nutritiontotal parenteral nutritiontpn

Etymology

From hyper- + alimentation.

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