Parenteral
Not delivered via the intestinal tract. For example, parenteral nutrition is feeding that is delivered intravenously.
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- Parenteral nutrition
Intravenous feeding. Also known as parenteral alimentation.
- Paresis
Incomplete paralysis or slight paralysis.
- Paresis, general
Progressive dementia and generalized paralysis due to chronic inflammation of the covering and substance of the brain (meningoencephalitis). General paresis is a part of late (tertiary) syphilis and is very rare today. It occurs a decade or more after the initial infection.
- Paresthesia
An abnormal sensation of the body, such as numbness, tingling, or burning.
- Paricalcitol
Zemplar. In 1998 paricalcitol was approved by the FDA for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism due to chronic renal failure. It causes less elevation of calcium than calcitriol, another vitamin D analogue and is associated with a lower mortality rate than calcitriol in patients on long-term dialysis.