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direct injection

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noun

  1. See solid injection

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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

"We mount the hydrogen direct injection system into existing diesel engines, which can be applied to any conventional engine," he adds.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2023

Since the U.S. regulation was introduced in 2014, direct injection fuel technology, which improves fuel efficiency, has increased the amount of particulate matter gasoline cars emit, industry experts say.

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

Only a drop of liquid introduced into the blood; not in the common roundabout way, by pouring down the throat, but direct injection into the veins.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne