What does total parenteral nutrition mean?
• TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION (noun) The noun TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION has 1 sense: 1. administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes Familiarity information: TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION used as a noun is very rare.