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Meaning of 'injection' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Injection [ 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.
- That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema.
- The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance.
- A specimen prepared by injection.
- The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- The cold water thrown into a condenser.

Meaning of 'injection' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . injection [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
Example in sentence:
  • the nurse gave him a flu shot

Nearby Words:

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