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The procedure of giving someone liquid food by means of a tube inserted into a vein. Administration of nutrients through a vein. The provision of total or partial nutritional requirements intravenously; essential in treating some diseases. It is accomplished by carefully controlling the composition of fluid given with respect to total calories derived from protein…

A thin tube that is inserted into a vein and is used to very gradually give a person fluids, either for rehydration, feeding or medication purposes. Slow injection of a solution into a vein a drop at a time.  

A plane at right angles to the sagittal plane, passing through the tubercles of the iliac crests.  

Introduced into, or inside, the trachea. Inside the trachea, which is the primary airway connecting the throat to the lungs.  

High-resolution imaging used in surgery.  

The pressure inside the eyeball. Internal pressure of the eye regulated by resistance to the outward flow of aqueous humor. Measurement of the force exerted within the eye by the intraocular fluid. The force exerted by the fluid inside the eye pressing out against the eyeball. Normal intraocular pressure is between lo and 21 millimeters…

Inside or into the nose.  

A test requiring an injection into the thickness of the skin, e.g. a Mantoux test or an allergy test. Procedure used in allergy testing in which a small amount of the suspected allergen is injected within the skin. Wheal formation and reddening of the skin within 30 minutes of the injection indicate a positive result.…

Within or introduced between the layers of the skin. A type of injection made directly into the skin, specifically the dermis. A medical phrase denoting “inside or within the skin.” For instance, an intradermal injection is administered into the skin, while a subcutaneous injection is given into the fatty layer beneath the skin.  

An injection of a liquid between the layers of skin, as for a test for an allergy.