Definition of enteral in English:
enteral
adjectiveˈɛntər(ə)lˈen(t)ərəl
Medicine Involving or passing through the intestine, either naturally via the mouth and oesophagus, or through an artificial opening.
Often contrasted with parenteral
Example sentencesExamples
- This may range from nil by mouth with total enteral support to full oral route or a balance of the two.
- If surgery cannot safely be postponed, parenteral or enteral hyperalimentation should be started.
- Forty patients will be randomly assigned to either standard enteral nutrition or standard enteral nutrition containing a probiotic.
- Commonly, these infants need supplemental oxygen treatment for mild respiratory distress syndrome or parenteral nutrition until enteral feeds are established.
- However, enteral feeding is withheld during monitoring with gastric tonometry because enteral feeding is thought to influence tonometric measurements.
Derivatives
adverb
Medicine Additional benefits include the mandatory assessment for refeeding syndrome of all enterally fed patients, with appropriate feeding regimes, supplementation, and blood work for those found at risk.
Example sentencesExamples
- Researchers developed an amniotic fluid-like solution to be given enterally.
- Neonates generally should not be fed enterally (by mouth or feeding tube) under certain conditions.
- The requirement for surgery was significantly lower in the patients fed enterally.
- Time to onset is not appreciably different between similar doses given rectally or enterally.
Origin
Early 20th century: from Greek enteron 'intestine' + -al, partly as a back-formation from parenteral.