From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishintravenousin‧tra‧ve‧nous /ˌɪntrəˈviːnəs◂/ adjective [only before noun] MHMDthrough or into a vein (=tube in the body taking blood back to the heart) → injection an intravenous injection intravenous drug users —intravenously adverb
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intravenous• Conclusions - Seroconversion to HIV-1 among intravenous drug misusers is associated with bacterial pneumonia.• Today, some research suggests that 50 percent of the city's intravenous drug users have been infected.• His execution was to have been the first in California using intravenous drugs.• He was treated with intravenous fluids and antibiotics.• The patient was treated with intravenous ganciclovir.• Mortality among streptokinase-treated patients was 8.3% for those who also received intravenous heparin and 9.0% for those receiving subcutaneous heparin.• In the rat, very high single doses of intravenous mesalazine cause acute tubular and papillary necrosis.• For these reasons, intravenous potassium administration requires caution. 