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Infusion vs Iv - What's the difference?

infusion | iv |

As nouns the difference between infusion and iv

is that infusion is a product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities while IV is an intravenous injection.

As an abbreviation IV is

used to indicate an ordinal number; the fourth (common as a name suffix..

As an initialism IV is

intravenous.

infusion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.
  • An extract of rooibos and chamomile makes a refreshing infusion .
  • The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
  • The act of installing a quality into a person.
  • * 1602 : , act V scene 1
  • [...] but in the verity of extolment / I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion / of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of / him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would / trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.
  • (obsolete) The act of dipping into a fluid.
  • iv

    English

    Alternative forms

    * iv, IIII

    Etymology 1

    One (I) less than five (V)

    Cardinal number

    IV' or ' iv
  • A Roman numeral representing four (4).
  • Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • Used to indicate an ordinal number; the fourth (common as a name suffix.)
  • Etymology 2

    abbreviation

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • (medicine) Intravenous.
  • (statistics) Instrumental variable.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) An intravenous injection.
  • Anagrams

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