total parenteral nutrition
For patients who can't eat afterward or can't eat enough, doctors can now deliver the essential nutrients through a tube that empties into the stomach (enteral feeding) or into the blood stream through a tube (total parenteral nutrition, or TPN).—
Jason Forsythe and Doug M. Podolsky
Jason Forsythe and Doug M. PodolskyTPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition) provides all the known necessary nutrients in the proper amounts (salts, glucose, amino acids, lipids, and vitamins).—Harriet Hall
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“TPN.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TPN. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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TPN
1 of 2 noun
: nadp
TPN
2 of 2 abbreviation
total parenteral nutrition
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