中ちゅう心しん静じょう脈みゃく栄えい養よう

noun

total parenteral nutrition; TPN; central venous hyperalimentation

Medical term for intravenous feeding through a central vein, used when the digestive tract cannot be used. Often abbreviated as TPN or IVH.

• 中ちゅう心しん静じょう脈みゃく栄えい養ようは、消しょう化か管かんが使つかえない患かん者じゃに対たいして行おこなわれます。

  Total parenteral nutrition is administered to patients whose digestive tract cannot be used.