hyperalimentation
- n 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
- Most required only temporary hyperalimentation while they recovered from illness, surgery, the effects of cancer therapy or severe burns.
- His diet, called "hyperalimentation," runs through an intravenous catheter to his umbilical artery.