enteral
enteron
Intravenous fluids are sometimes used in a baby who cannot be fed enterally.
This food is formulated to be administered enterally under medical supervision.
The patients who have had complicated surgery are being fed enterally.
If there is not sufficient uptake enterally, the drug may be administered intravenously.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The digestive system
brush border
caecal
cardia
chyme
coeliac
digestive tract
intestine
intraluminal
jejunal
jejunum
lacteal
large intestine
mechanical digestion
rectum
small intestine
unassimilable
ureteral
vermiform appendix
vermiform process
villous