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).
(Photo: Elkhorn Slough NERRS site). An estuary is a partially enclosed body of water, and its surrounding coastal habitats, where saltwater from the ocean mixes with fresh water from rivers or streams. In fresh water the concentration of salts, or salinity, is nearly zero.The salinity of water in the ocean averages about 35 parts per thousand (ppt).ruly, no two estuaries are the same. Yet they are typically classified based on two characteristics: their geology and how saltwater and fresh water mix in them. However, not all estuaries contain brackish waters. There are a small number of ecosystems classified as freshwater estuaries.