Standard Lemma guide

intravenous

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɪntɹəˈviːnəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T R AH0 V IY1 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Inside the veins.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • Get his morphine intravenous started stat!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

within or by means of a vein

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an intravenous inflammation
  • intravenous feeding

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: endovenous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h1énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English venous English intravenous From intra- + venous.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: унутраве́нны (unutravjénny) — inside the veins
  • Belarusian: нутраве́нны (nutravjénny) — inside the veins
  • Belarusian: унутрыве́нны (unutryvjénny) — inside the veins
  • Belarusian: нутравэ́нны (nutravénny) — inside the veins
  • Belarusian: давэ́нны (davénny) — inside the veins
  • Bulgarian: вено́зен (venózen) — inside the veins
  • Catalan: intravenós — inside the veins
  • Czech: nitrožilní — inside the veins
  • Danish: intravenøs — inside the veins
  • Dutch: intraveneus — inside the veins
  • Finnish: laskimonsisäinen — inside the veins
  • Finnish: intravenoosinen — inside the veins
  • French: intraveineux — inside the veins
  • French: endoveineux — inside the veins
  • German: intravenös — inside the veins
  • Hungarian: intravénás — inside the veins
  • Indonesian: intravena — inside the veins
  • Italian: intravenoso — inside the veins
  • Italian: endovenoso — inside the veins
  • Norwegian Bokmål: intravenøs — inside the veins
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: intravenøs — inside the veins
  • Polish: dożylny — inside the veins
  • Portuguese: intravenoso — inside the veins
  • Portuguese: endovenoso — inside the veins
  • Romanian: intravenos — inside the veins
  • Russian: внутриве́нный (vnutrivénnyj) — inside the veins
  • Slovak: vnútrožilový — inside the veins
  • Spanish: intravenoso — inside the veins
  • Spanish: endovenoso — inside the veins
  • Swedish: intravenös — inside the veins
  • Ukrainian: внутрішньове́нний (vnutrišnʹovénnyj) — inside the veins
  • Ukrainian: внутріве́нний (vnutrivénnyj) — inside the veins
  • Finnish: infuusio — a dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein
  • Hungarian: infúzió — a dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein
  • Portuguese: intravenosa — a dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein
  • Spanish: suero — a dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein
  • Spanish: infusión — a dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein