injection

[ in-jek-shuhn ]

/ ɪnˈdʒɛk ʃən /

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noun

the act of injecting.

something that is injected.

a liquid injected into the body, especially for medicinal purposes, as a hypodermic or an enema.

state of being hyperemic or bloodshot.

Mathematics. a one-to-one function.

Also called insertion. Aerospace. the process of putting a spacecraft into orbit or some other desired trajectory.

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Origin of injection

First recorded in 1535–45, injection is from the Latin word injectiōn- (stem of injectiō). See inject, -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM injection

post·in·jec·tion, adjectivere·in·jec·tion, nounsu·per·in·jec·tion, noun

Words nearby injection

in itself, inject, injectable, injectant, injected, injection, injection molding, injection well, injector, injera, in-joke

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How to use injection in a sentence

For instance, you can see blocked SQL injections, see where the injection attempts came from and act to prevent further attempts.
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The Canadian couple fined for flying to a remote, largely indigenous community in Yukon territory and allegedly posing as hotel workers to get their injections.
Don’t hate the vaccine tourists, hate the vaccine game|Jen Kirby|February 12, 2021|Vox
At 62, she’s too young to qualify for the injection herself.
It’s Prague on the Potomac, as we wearily wait for a shot at the vaccine|Petula Dvorak|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
Another injection, made by AstraZeneca using an engineered cold virus, is around 75% effective.
The next act for messenger RNA could be bigger than covid vaccines|David Rotman|February 5, 2021|MIT Technology Review

Some people had fever, fatigue or pain at the injection site after inoculation, but “the vast majority of people felt nothing at all,” Mammen said.
One-shot COVID-19 vaccine is effective against severe disease|Tina Hesman Saey|January 29, 2021|Science News
In 2006, the firm presided over a routine steam-injection procedure known as “well stimulation.”
The Fiery Underground Oil Pit Eating L.A.|Geoff Manaugh|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Death by pills or lethal injection might be unnatural, but she believes that declining nourishment and medications is not.
The Nurse Coaching People Through Death by Starvation|Nick Tabor|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At least 15 children, and perhaps many more, have died after receiving an injection thought to be the measles vaccine.
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Within 24 hours after injection, a typical horse loses 35 to 100 pounds, mostly water weight.
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Fretland had only observed one other lethal injection, two years prior in Oklahoma.
Lifting the Curtain on Oklahoma's Botched Lethal Injection|Caitlin Dickson|August 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The phloridzin test consists in the hypodermic injection of a small quantity of phloridzin.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
I tried to condense the steam by the cold sides of the condenser, without using injection-water.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The doctors, with the exception of my friend Chapelain, prefer an injection, and it is my duty to submit to their wishes.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
The chief physician held the king's head, and Ambroise made the injection into the ear.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
For instance, a hypodermic injection of paraffine will puff up the skin at the desired spot.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar|Maurice Leblanc

British Dictionary definitions for injection

injection

/ (ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən) /

noun

fluid injected into the body, esp for medicinal purposes

something injected

the act of injecting

the act or process of introducing fluid under pressure, such as fuel into the combustion chamber of an engine
(as modifier)injection moulding

maths a function or mapping for which f(x) = f(y) only if x = ySee also surjection, bijection

Derived forms of injection

injective, adjective

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Medical definitions for injection

injection

[ ĭn-jĕk′shən ]

The act of injecting a substance into a tissue, vessel, canal, or organ.

Something that is injected, especially a dose of liquid medicine injected into the body.

Congestion or hyperemia.

Scientific definitions for injection

injection

[ ĭn-jĕk′shən ]

A substance that is introduced into a organism, especially by means of a hypodermic syringe, as a liquid into the veins or muscles of the body.

A function that maps each member of one set (the domain) to exactly one member of another set (the range). Compare bijection surjection.

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