Is a route of administration via the veins that involves piercing the skin or mucous membrane.
Not through the alimentary canal but rather by injection through some other route, as subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraorbital, intracapsular, intraspinal, intrasternal, intravenous, etc.
Route of drug or nutrition administration other than by way of the intestines (i.e., oral or rectal). Examples of parenteral administration include intravenous, subcutaneous, and intramuscular injection. Inhalation of medication is not considered parenteral, nor is topical administration.
Taken into the body or administered by some route other than the digestive system, for example, intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, or mucosal.
Administration of a drug by means of injection.
Referring to medication which is not given by mouth but in the form of injections or suppositories.
To administration of a substance (e.g., a drug), not through the digestive system, but, for example, by injection under or through the skin. Also includes intravenous administration of medications.
Administered by any way other than through the mouth: applied, for example, to the introduction of drugs or other agents into the body by injection.
Given other than via the alimentary tract or lungs (para = outside + enteron = intestine.) Refers to “given by intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, or other injection”.
Administration of drugs by any route other than by the mouth or by the bowel for example, by intramuscular or intravenous injection or infusion.
Denoting any medication route other than the alimentary canal, such as intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, or mucosal.
The administration of therapeutic agents via routes beyond the oral or inhalation pathways is referred to as non-oral, non-inhalation medication introduction. This approach typically entails injections, which can be subcutaneous, intravenous, intramuscular, or rectal in nature.
The delivery of medications or other substances through any means aside from the gastrointestinal tract (such as injecting into a blood vessel).
Beyond the intestinal tract. This term often pertains to medications that are not ingested orally but administered through subcutaneous, intravenous, or intramuscular injection.