Definition

Medical slang for an IV (intravenous) infusion that delivers fluids, medications, or nutrients directly into your bloodstream one drop at a time. It's the hospital's way of keeping you hydrated, medicated, or fed when your body's normal intake methods aren't cutting it. Also recently co-opted by Gen-Z to mean having great style, proving medical terminology can have a glow-up too.

Example Usage

They put her on a saline drip to rehydrate her after three days of food poisoning made everything else exit immediately.

Source: Common medical slang

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