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/
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CMU ARPABET:IH2 N T R AH0 V IY1 N AH0 S
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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