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Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Noun

1. hyperalimentation, total parenteral nutrition, tpn

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

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Total Parenteral Nutrition

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n. Abbr. TPN
The administration of nutrients by intravenous feeding, especially to individuals unable to ingest food through the digestive tract. Also called hyperalimentation.

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