Injection
[ɪn'dʒekʃ(ə)n] or [ɪn'dʒɛkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure.
(noun.) the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; 'the nurse gave him a flu shot'.
(noun.) any solution that is injected (as into the skin).
Edited by Elsie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aeriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc.
(n.) That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema.
(n.) The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance.
(n.) A specimen prepared by injection.
(n.) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
(n.) The cold water thrown into a condenser.
Editor: Robert
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Injecting.[2]. Clyster, enema, lavement.
Inputed by Kari
Examples
- I then saw that I must get rid of the condensed steam and injection-water if I used a jet as in Newcomen’s engine. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It was as good a thing for his spirit as a saline injection is for a man who has suffered a great hemorrhage. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A half ounce as an injection two or three times daily. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Casuistry is nothing but the injection of your own meaning into an old name. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He had had some practice in morbid anatomy, and he might say that, for the injection of bodies to be used for anatomical purposes it would keep them perfectly sweet. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Typed by Dave