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🔄 To give again 💧 To put liquid again
to reinstill

to reinstill

7.8
Put medicine drops back into a part of the body, for example the eye
  • verb
  • /ˌriːɪnˈstɪl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reinstilar
  • The doctor instructed her to reinstill the eye drops every four hours after the procedure.

Examples

  • After swimming, he had to reinstill the ear drops to prevent infection.

  • If you miss a dose, simply reinstill the medication as soon as you remember.

  • The nurse will reinstill the medication tomorrow.

  • He needs to reinstill the drops in his eye.

  • The doctor instructed her to reinstill the eye drops every four hours after the procedure.

  • If you miss a dose, simply reinstill the medication as soon as you remember.

  • After swimming, he had to reinstill the ear drops to prevent infection.

Synonyms

to instill
vsto reinstill
  • Specialized
1 6.2

To put liquid into a part of the body, often drop by drop

applies the same action again to a body part rather than once
to reinject
vsto reinstill
  • Specialized
1 6.5

Put a liquid back into a body or system using a tool

puts liquid into a body part again drop by drop rather than by needle
to reinfuse
vsto reinstill
  • Specialized
1 7.6

To put blood or other liquid back into a person's body

puts liquid into a body part again drop by drop rather than generally

How Gentle

to reinstill
  • Specialized
7.8
to drip
171 1.0
to pour
588 1.0
to inject
150 4.4

Surface Forms

reinstill infinitive
reinstilled past
reinstilled past participle
reinstilling present participle
reinstills third person singular

Morphology

reinstill = instill (transparent) = re + instill

The meaning is a straightforward repetition of the medical action expressed by 'instill'.

Etymology

Reinstill comes from re- 'again' and instill, which once meant 'to drip or drop into', an image like putting eye drops into your eye. So to reinstill medicine is simply to 'put the drops in again'.