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in·jec·tion

(ĭn-jĕk′shən)

1. The act of injecting.

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

3. Mathematics A function that is one-to-one.

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injection

(ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən)

1. (Medicine) fluid injected into the body, esp for medicinal purposes

2. something injected

3. the act of injecting

4. (Automotive Engineering)

a. the act or process of introducing fluid under pressure, such as fuel into the combustion chamber of an engine

b. (as modifier): injection moulding.

5. (Mathematics) maths a function or mapping for which f(x) = f(y) only if x = y. See also surjection, bijection

inˈjective adj

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in•jec•tion

(ɪnˈdʒɛk ʃən)

n.

1. the act of injecting.

2. something that is injected.

3. a liquid injected into the body, esp. for medicinal purposes.

4. the process of putting a spacecraft into orbit or some other desired trajectory.

[1535–45; < Latin]

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Noun	1.	injection - the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure intromission, insertion, introduction - the act of putting one thing into another epidural injection - injection of an anesthetic substance into the epidural space of the spinal cord in order to produce epidural anesthesia
	2.	injection - any solution that is injected (as into the skin) injectant solution - a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; "he used a solution of peroxide and water"
	3.	injection - the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot" shot intradermal injection - an injection into the skin intramuscular injection - an injection into a muscle intravenous injection - an injection into a vein subcutaneous injection - an injection under the skin medical aid, medical care - professional treatment for illness or injury

injection

noun

1. vaccination, shot (informal), jab (informal), dose, vaccine, booster, immunization, inoculation They gave me an injection to help me sleep.

2. introduction, investment, insertion, advancement, dose, infusion, interjection An injection of cash is needed to fund some of these projects.

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Translations

حَقْنحَقْنٌ

injekce

indsprøjtning

Injektion Spritze Infektion

ένεση

inyección

ruiskeruiskutusinjektio

injection piqûre

זריקה

injekcija

injekció

suntikan

stunga, sprauta, sprautuskammtur

iniezione introduzione

注射

주사

injectie

injeksjon innsprøyting sprøyte

zastrzyk

injeção

инъекция

injekcija

injektionspruta

การฉีดยา

enjeksiyon iğne

sự tiêm thuốc

注射

injection

[ɪnˈdʒekʃən] N (gen) (Med) → inyección f
to give sb an injection → poner or dar una inyección a algn
to have an injection → ponerse una inyección
will I have to have an injection? → ¿me tendrán que poner or dar una inyección?

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

injection

[ɪnˈdʒɛkʃ^ən] n

(lit) → injection f, piqûre f
an insulin injection → une piqûre d'insuline
to have an injection → se faire faire une piqûre
to give sb an injection → faire une piqûre à qn
They gave me an injection to help me sleep → Ils m'ont fait une piqûre pour m'aider à dormir.
by injection → par injection
It has to be given by injection → On doit l'administrer par injection. lethal injection

[money] → injection f
a cash injection of 50 million → une injection de liquidités s'élevant à 50 millions de dollarsin-joke [ˈɪndʒəʊk] n → plaisanterie f pour initiés

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

injection

n (= act) → Einspritzung f; (of gas) → Einblasen nt; (= substance injected) → Injektion f, → Spritze f; to give somebody an injection → jdm eine Injektion or Spritze geben; to give something by injection → etw spritzen; the injection of more money into the economy → eine größere Finanzspritze für die Wirtschaft; a £250 million cash injection → eine Finanzspritze von 250 Millionen Pfund; the team needed an injection of new life → die Mannschaft brauchte frisches Blut; injection moulding → Spritzguss m; injection syringe → Injektionsspritze f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

injection

[ɪnˈdʒɛkʃ/ən] n (Med) → iniezione f, puntura (Tech) (fig) → iniezione
to give sb an injection → fare un'iniezione or una puntura a qn
to have an injection → farsi fare un'iniezione or una puntura

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

inject

(inˈdʒekt) verb

to force (a liquid etc) into the body of (a person) by means of a needle and syringe. The doctor injected the antibiotic into her arm; He has to be injected twice daily with an antibiotic.

inˈjection (-ʃən) noun

The medicine was given by injection; She has regular injections of insulin.

injection

→ حَقْنٌ injekce indsprøjtning Injektion ένεση inyección ruiske injection injekcija iniezione 注射 주사 injectie injeksjon zastrzyk injeção инъекция spruta การฉีดยา enjeksiyon sự tiêm thuốc 注射

in·jec·tion

n. inyección, acción de inyectar una droga o líquido en el cuerpo.

injection

n inyección f; The nurse will give you an injection..La enfermera le va a poner una inyección.

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The injection was begun, and three hours after the thermometer marked 6@ below zero outside.

The injections could not carry it to a higher point.

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Cannon found that pain, fear and rage occurred in circumstances which affected the supply of adrenin, and that an artificial injection of adrenin could, for example, produce all the symptoms of fear.

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And shortly afterward one of these, a physician, made the discovery that the carcasses of steers which had been condemned as tubercular by the government inspectors, and which therefore contained ptomaines, which are deadly poisons, were left upon an open platform and carted away to be sold in the city; and so he insisted that these carcasses be treated with an injection of kerosene--and was ordered to resign the same week!

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The physiological advantages of the practice of injection are undeniable, if one thinks of the tremendous waste of human time and energy occasioned by eating and the digestive process.

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Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.

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I shall give hypodermic injection of morphia." He proceeded then, swiftly and deftly, to carry out his intent.

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Helena, however, I ascertained that some pinnacles, of a nearly similar figure and constitution, had been formed by the injection of melted rock into yielding strata, which thus had formed the moulds for these gigantic obelisks.

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My wounds gave me but little pain, so wonderfully and rapidly had the applications and injections of the female exercised their therapeutic powers, and so deftly had she bound and plastered the injuries.

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Injections. You've been insensible for nearly thirty hours."

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"I suppose, Watson," said he, "that you imagine that I have added opium-smoking to cocaine injections, and all the other little weaknesses on which you have favoured me with your medical views."

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In the gluteal region, the thickness of adipose tissue varies throughout the person.1,3 For clinical IM applications, 1 to 1.5 inch (25-38 mm) IM injection needles are used, and the standard 32 mm IM injection needles reach a penetration depth of about 30 mm in clinical practice, penetrating into the muscle at least 5 mm to achieve a successful IM injection.

Assessment rate of true dorsogluteal intramuscular drug injection using ultrasonography

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