Definition of Total parenteral nutrition

Total parenteral nutrition: Intravenous feeding that provides patients with all the fluid and the essential nutrients they need when they are unable to feed themselves by mouth. Abbreviated TPN.


Last Editorial Review: 3/19/2012

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