total parenteral nutrition(n = noun.act) hyperalimentation, tpn - 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;
is a kind of alimentation, feeding

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