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direct injection

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noun

  1. See solid injection

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It found that direct injection of seeds into the seabed, along with the transplanting of small intact patches of seagrass had delivered the best results.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

The research team tested its treatment by conducting animal studies with mice bearing human brain tumors, which were treated by direct injection of the newly engineered immune cells.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024

Allen Schaeffer, executive director at the Diesel Technology Forum, estimated gasoline direct injection vehicles accounted for about half of North American vehicle sales.

From Reuters • Apr. 27, 2022

The eye is another organ for which delivery is relatively easy, although the method — direct injection into the fluid inside the eye — might make some a little squeamish.

From Nature • Oct. 15, 2019

Remedial agents are readily introduced into plants, either through the roots, or by spray on the foliage, or by direct injection into the trees.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 by Northern Nut Growers Association

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