Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation total parenteral nutrition
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- initialism biochemistry
triphosphopyridine nucleotide
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Examples
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TPN is administered to people who cannot or should not eat due to their illness.
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Evaluation of calcium metabolism and bone mineralization in TPN-fed children
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I'm happy running in the Top 5, considering TPN is run by one guy and funded to date by his savings account.
Aussie Podcast Market Share Stats. Ben Barren 2006
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Now The Father Bob show on TPN is probably my favourite podcast, but I listen to that through the web, usually on a Sunday for absolution for my weekly blogging sins.
Archive 2005-12-01 Ben Barren 2005
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Now The Father Bob show on TPN is probably my favourite podcast, but I listen to that through the web, usually on a Sunday for absolution for my weekly blogging sins.
My 2005 Top 30 Podcasts Ben Barren 2005
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Ms. Johnston recalls a teenaged patient with cystic fibrosis who rewrote an Avril Lavigne song to express her frustration about having to take intravenous liquid nutrition called TPN.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ADRIANA BARTON 2011
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The TPN is a fundamental building block of our Argus network, which underlies our antimalware products.
CyberDefender Awarded Patent for Threat Protection Network - Yahoo! Finance 2010
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Margaret hadn’t starved to death in January—it was now June—thanks to a system called TPN, an acronym for total parenteral nutrition, which provided all sustenance intravenously, avoiding her digestive system altogether.
A Happy Marriage Rafael Yglesias 2009
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Margaret hadn’t starved to death in January—it was now June—thanks to a system called TPN, an acronym for total parenteral nutrition, which provided all sustenance intravenously, avoiding her digestive system altogether.
A Happy Marriage Rafael Yglesias 2009
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Margaret hadn’t starved to death in January—it was now June—thanks to a system called TPN, an acronym for total parenteral nutrition, which provided all sustenance intravenously, avoiding her digestive system altogether.
A Happy Marriage Rafael Yglesias 2009
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