IV

/uy"vee"/, n., pl. IVs, IV's.

an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.

[1950-55]

1. intravenous.

2. intravenous drip.

3. intravenous injection.

4. intravenously.

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(as used in expressions)

Amenhotep IV

Rama IV

Adrian IV

Antiochus IV Epiphanes

Baldwin IV

Casimir IV

Charles IV

Christian IV

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV

Edward IV

Frederick William IV

George IV

Gustav IV Adolf

Haakon IV Haakonsson

Henry IV

Innocent IV

Ivan IV

James IV

Kamehameha IV

Joseph Francis Keaton IV

Louis IV

Ludwig IV

Otto IV

Peter IV

Philip IV

Raymond IV

Romanus IV Diogenes

Sancho IV

Sixtus IV

Stefan Uros IV

Valdemar IV Atterdag

William IV

William Jefferson Blythe IV

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