Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation total parenteral nutrition

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  • initialism biochemistry triphosphopyridine nucleotide

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Examples

  • TPN is administered to people who cannot or should not eat due to their illness.

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  • Evaluation of calcium metabolism and bone mineralization in TPN-fed children

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  • I'm happy running in the Top 5, considering TPN is run by one guy and funded to date by his savings account.

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  • Now The Father Bob show on TPN is probably my favourite podcast, but I listen to that through the web, usually on a Sunday for absolution for my weekly blogging sins.

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  • Now The Father Bob show on TPN is probably my favourite podcast, but I listen to that through the web, usually on a Sunday for absolution for my weekly blogging sins.

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  • Ms. Johnston recalls a teenaged patient with cystic fibrosis who rewrote an Avril Lavigne song to express her frustration about having to take intravenous liquid nutrition called TPN.

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  • The TPN is a fundamental building block of our Argus network, which underlies our antimalware products.

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  • Margaret hadn’t starved to death in January—it was now June—thanks to a system called TPN, an acronym for total parenteral nutrition, which provided all sustenance intravenously, avoiding her digestive system altogether.

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  • Margaret hadn’t starved to death in January—it was now June—thanks to a system called TPN, an acronym for total parenteral nutrition, which provided all sustenance intravenously, avoiding her digestive system altogether.

    A Happy Marriage Rafael Yglesias 2009

  • Margaret hadn’t starved to death in January—it was now June—thanks to a system called TPN, an acronym for total parenteral nutrition, which provided all sustenance intravenously, avoiding her digestive system altogether.

    A Happy Marriage Rafael Yglesias 2009

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