injection
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3.0
- noun
- /ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən/
:
inyección
- Before the procedure, she received an injection to numb the area.
- give an injection
- intramuscular injection
- injection site
So it's it's really brand new to the market and looks to be really promising as a pill, not an injection to treat COVID infection.
- So it's it's really brand new to the market and looks to be really promising as a pill, not an injection to treat COVID infection.
- It's also the case that the PRP injections, when they work, might work for reasons independent of the platelets.
- Injected some stem cells into these patients eyes and they went blind really quickly and they were not blind prior to the injections.
- I'm about to take my fourth night of injections and today was the first day that I've been feeling some stabbing pains down there.
- It's like a injection of like, you also got drugs.
- IXI stands for its ICSI, or intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
- So I jabbed up and it was when you have the injection, it's, it's, it's the biggest erection I've ever had.
- I had fat injections, I had lipo from my legs injected into my butt or I think that happened.
Examples
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She needs two injections of Insulin a day.
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The doctor administered a injection to help relieve the patient's pain.
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I just needed the injection.
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How many injections will there be altogether?
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I'm gonna give you a temporary injection into your lips of saline.
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An injection of barbiturates, tranquilizers, whatever.
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I'm about to take my fourth night of injections and today was the first day that I've been feeling some stabbing pains down there.
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Patients who required two simultaneous injections (e.g., separated pollen and fungal allergens) received one in each arm.
Academic text (2003) -
After her first injection, the nurse monitored her for any side effects.
Synonyms
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2.5
An injection of a medicine or vaccine with a needle
6
2.7
A quick injection with a needle, often for a vaccine
A medicine or liquid that you put into the body with a needle
A liquid given in drops for medical use
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
5
3.6
A system that sprays small drops of fuel directly into an engine's cylinders to help the engine run better
- Specialized
1
4.1
A part of a car engine that sprays small drops of fuel into the cylinders
- Specialized
1
4.1
To put liquid medicine directly into a vein through a needle
- Specialized
1
3.7
A doctor gives a shot of pain medicine near the spine to numb the lower body
- Specialized
1
4.2
A shot given into a muscle to get medicine into the body quickly
- Specialized
An engine that sends diesel fuel straight into the part where it burns to use less fuel
- Specialized
A diesel engine that injects fuel directly into the chamber where it burns
- Specialized
A system that adds nitrous oxide to an engine to make it more powerful
How Invasive
945
2.7
32
3.0
- Specialized
43
3.9
- Specialized
4
5.8
271
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Injection comes from in- ('into') and ject ('throw'), so it originally meant 'a thing thrown into' something. That helps explain why an injection can also mean the actual liquid medicine that is put under the skin or 'into' the body.