Definition of "parenteral"

parenteral

adjective
not comparable
1. (medicine) Administered by some means that avoids the gastrointestinal tract, particularly intravenously or by injection.
  Quotations
  Terbinafine is available in 250 mg tablets and in a topical 1% ointment. There is no parenteral form available.
  2003, Peter G. Pappas, “Terbinafine”, in William E. Dismukes, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel, editors, Clinical Mycology, Oxford University Press, page 106