parenteral

See also: parentéral and parental

English

Etymology

From par- +‎ enteral; early 20th century.

Adjective

parenteral (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Administered by some means that avoids the gastrointestinal tract, particularly intravenously or by injection.

   Antonym: enteral

   Hyponyms: subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, intraperitoneal

   • 2003, Peter G. Pappas, “Terbinafine”, in William E. Dismukes, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel, editors, Clinical Mycology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 106:

     Terbinafine is available in 250 mg tablets and in a topical 1% ointment. There is no parenteral form available.

Antonyms

• enteral
• enteric

Derived terms

• nonparenteral
• parenterally

Translations

administered by some means that avoids the gastrointestinal tract

• Dutch: parenteraal (nl)
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} süstitav
• Finnish: parenteraalinen (fi)
• French: parentéral (fr)
• German: parenteral (de)
• Hungarian: parenterális (hu)
• Irish: paireintreach
• Italian: parenterale (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} nerivîkî, ^{(please verify)} nesorçikî

• Portuguese: parenteral (pt), parentérico (pt)
• Romanian: parenteral (ro)
• Russian: парентера́льный (ru) (parenterálʹnyj)
• Spanish: parenteral (es)
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} அல்லூண்வழி (allūṇvaḻi)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} ngoài ruột

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁɛnteˈʁaːl/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

parenteral (strong nominative masculine singular parenteraler, not comparable)

1. (medicine) parenteral

Declension

Positive forms of parenteral (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist parenteral	sie ist parenteral	es ist parenteral	sie sind parenteral
strong declension (without article)	nominative	parenteraler	parenterale	parenterales	parenterale
	genitive	parenteralen	parenteraler	parenteralen	parenteraler
	dative	parenteralem	parenteraler	parenteralem	parenteralen
	accusative	parenteralen	parenterale	parenterales	parenterale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der parenterale	die parenterale	das parenterale	die parenteralen
	genitive	des parenteralen	der parenteralen	des parenteralen	der parenteralen
	dative	dem parenteralen	der parenteralen	dem parenteralen	den parenteralen
	accusative	den parenteralen	die parenterale	das parenterale	die parenteralen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein parenteraler	eine parenterale	ein parenterales	(keine) parenteralen
	genitive	eines parenteralen	einer parenteralen	eines parenteralen	(keiner) parenteralen
	dative	einem parenteralen	einer parenteralen	einem parenteralen	(keinen) parenteralen
	accusative	einen parenteralen	eine parenterale	ein parenterales	(keine) parenteralen

Further reading

• “parenteral” in Duden online
• “parenteral”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾẽ.teˈɾaw/ [pa.ɾẽ.teˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾẽ.tɨˈɾal/ [pɐ.ɾẽ.tɨˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾẽ.tɨˈɾal/ [pɐ.ɾẽ.tɨˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾẽ.tɨˈɾa.li/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ren‧te‧ral

Adjective

parenteral m or f (plural parenterais, not comparable)

1. (medicine) parenteral

   Hyponyms: intramuscular, intravenoso, subcutâneo

Further reading

• “parenteral”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “parenteral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French parentéral.

Adjective

parenteral m or n (feminine singular parenterală, masculine plural parenterali, feminine/neuter plural parenterale)

1. parenteral

Declension

Declension of parenteral

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	parenteral		parenterală	parenterali	parenterale
	definite	parenteralul		parenterala	parenteralii	parenteralele
genitive- dative	indefinite	parenteral		parenterale	parenterali	parenterale
	definite	parenteralului		parenteralei	parenteralilor	parenteralelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾenteˈɾal/ [pa.ɾẽn̪.t̪eˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pa‧ren‧te‧ral

Adjective

parenteral m or f (masculine and feminine plural parenterales)

1. (medicine) parenteral

Further reading

• “parenteral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025