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UK
/ɹˈævənəsli/
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ADVERB
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in the manner of someone who is very hungry
he pounced on the food hungrily
How To Use ravenously In A Sentence
- The same drug given intravenously prevents the postprandial increase in sigmoid segmenting pressure activity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
- Iron sucrose should be administered intravenously, directly into the dialysis line, either by slow injection or by infusion.
- The proteolytic enzyme ficin is found in the latex of several members of the genus, including F. carica, the common fig. This compound is more toxic when administered intravenously than when ingested, and the toxicity depends primarily on the amount given, rather than on the concentration of the dose. Chapter 6
- On Feb. 22—seven days after Ms. Ruksana first began bleeding uncontrollably—a lab technician reported finding contamination in bottles of saline solution administered intravenously after blood loss or surgery. The Ailing Health of a Growing Nation
- I was pumped full of steroids intravenously and was in hospital for over two weeks.
- She wished that when she opened her eyes, there would be a plate of steaming waffles next to her… because she was ravenously starving.
- In the late 1950s Howard Fabing, a medical doctor, obtained permission to inject bufotenine intravenously into a number of inmates at the Ohio State Penitentiary. The Serpent and the Rainbow
- Technically, it is easier to administer fluids subcutaneously than intravenously.
- Tracheal intubation was performed after the administration of succinylcholine intravenously.
- We were all ravenously hungry after the walk.