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Initialism vs Intravenous - What's the difference?

initialism | intravenous |

As nouns the difference between initialism and intravenous

is that initialism is a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter while intravenous is (medicine) a dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.

As an adjective intravenous is

inside the veins.

initialism

English

Noun

(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)
  • A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
    • BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.

    See also

    * abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *

    External links

    * Acronyms selected for your enjoyment * English words suffixed with -ism

    intravenous

    English

    (wikipedia intravenous)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Inside the veins.

    • Related terms

    * intravenously

    Noun

    (-) (abreviated as IV )
  • (medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
    • Get his morphine intravenous started stat!

    Synonyms

    * drip * intravenous therapy