The starting point for much of the action on the field is home plate, which is a five-sided slab of whitened rubber, 17 inches square with two of the corners removed so that one edge is 17 inches long, two adjacent sides are 8 1â2 inches and the remaining two sides are 12 inches and set at an angle to make a point.
Medical Dictionary. hyperalimentation. play. noun hyÂ·perÂ·alÂ·iÂ·menÂ·taÂ·tion \ËhÄ«-pÉ-Ëral-É-mÉn-ËtÄ-shÉn\. Medical Definition of hyperalimentation. : the administration of nutrients by intravenous feeding especially to patients who cannot ingest food through the digestive tract.
parenteral nutrition a technique for meeting a patient's nutritional needs by means of intravenous feedings; sometimes called hyperalimentation, even though it does not provide excessive amounts of nutrients.Nutrition by intravenous feeding may be either total parenteral nutrition or only supplemental.arenteral. Not in or through the digestive system. Parenteral nutrition is given through the veins of the circulatory system, rather than through the digestive system.