IV (intravenous): Within a vein. IV is the abbreviation for intravenous.. The word intravenous is quite properly an adjective. In this guise, it entered the English language around 1849. It means, according to Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, situated, performed, or occurring within or entering by way of a vein.. Some examples of the use of intravenous as an adjective: 1  Intravenous antibiotics refer to the administration into the venous circulation of a solution containing antibiotics; 2  Intravenous immunoglobulin is a sterile solution of concentrated antibodies extracted from healthy people given straight into a vein;
Aln Estuary water temperatures peak in the range 13 to 17Â°C (55 to 63Â°F) on around the 10th of August and are at their lowest on about the 25th of February, in the range 4 to 8Â°C (39 to 46Â°F).
An estuary is the place in the water where a tide and a river current meet, like the estuary at New York Harbor, where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean. Estuary, pronounced ES-choo-air-ee, comes from the Latin word aestuarium, meaning a tidal marsh or opening. The calm waters of an estuary, where the mouth of a river connects with the open sea and fresh water mixes with salty ocean water, makes the perfect home for many species of aquatic plants and animals.