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in·jec·tion

 (ĭn-jĕk′shən)
n.
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.

[Sense 3, in- + (pro)jection.]
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injection

(ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən)
n
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]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.injection - the forceful insertion of a substance under pressureinjection - 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)
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"
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
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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.
Related words
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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
حَقْنحَقْنٌ
injekce
indsprøjtning
InjektionSpritzeInfektion
ένεση
inyección
ruiskeruiskutusinjektio
injectionpiqûre
זריקה
injekcija
injekció
suntikan
stunga, sprauta, sprautuskammtur
iniezioneintroduzione
注射
주사
injectie
injeksjoninnsprøytingsprøyte
zastrzyk
injeção
инъекция
injekcija
injektionspruta
การฉีดยา
enjeksiyoniğne
sự tiêm thuốc
注射

injection

[ɪnˈdʒekʃən] N (gen) (Med) → inyección f
to give sb an injectionponer or dar una inyección a algn
to have an injectionponerse 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

[ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən] 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] nplaisanterie 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 injectionjdm eine Injektion or Spritze geben; to give something by injectionetw spritzen; the injection of more money into the economyeine größere Finanzspritze für die Wirtschaft; a £250 million cash injectioneine Finanzspritze von 250 Millionen Pfund; the team needed an injection of new lifedie Mannschaft brauchte frisches Blut; injection mouldingSpritzguss m; injection syringeInjektionsspritze 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

[ɪnˈdʒɛkʃn] 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.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

in·jec·tion

n. inyección, acción de inyectar una droga o líquido en el cuerpo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

injection

n inyección f; The nurse will give you an injection..La enfermera le va a poner una inyección.
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The results showed that the effects of combined EBV infection ( P = 0.026, Exp(B) = 2.309, 95% confidence interval [ CI ] [1.108, 4.823]) and intrathecal injection therapy ( P = 0.013, Exp(B) = 0.422, 95% CI [0.214, 0.831]) on the survival time of the CNS-HLH patients were significant [Figure 7].
In the study, IONIS-MAPTRx is administered as a once-monthly intrathecal injection.
The period of time from the moment the intrathecal injection was made postoperatively until the first analgesic became necessary was recorded as the postoperative first-analgesic requirement time and was likewise recorded.
The NurOwn cells will be administered via combined intramuscular and intrathecal injection. Patients will be followed monthly for approximately three months before transplantation and six months following transplantation.
Respiratory arrest following intrathecal injection of sufentanil and bupivacaine in a parturient.
Complaints of sustained or severe paraesthesia or dysaesthesia during spinal needle insertion or intrathecal injection were regarded as indications to remove and re-site the epidural and spinal needles at an alternative lumbar interspace, but transient complaints were not.
Five minutes after completion of intrathecal injection (taken as the point of removal of spinal needle), 10 mL of 0.9% saline was injected through the epidural catheter over 30 seconds.
Tatencloux et al .[4] reported three children with severe anti-NMDAR encephalitis who did not respond to first-line immunotherapy and second-line immunotherapy (including rituximab or azathioprine) and described their response to the intrathecal injection of methotrexate and methylprednisolone.
In this study, the human proenkephalin (hPPE) gene, which is a classical tool widely used in previous studies [11] on transgenic analgesia, was chosen as a target gene to be transfected into human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSCs), followed by intrathecal injection into a rat bone cancer pain (BCP) model [12].
Thirty of those patients received three stem cell transplants via intrathecal injection and intravenous infusion with one week intervals with a total of 16 days of treatment.
A practical limitation of sequential intrathecal injection of solutions is possible spillage of the drug or movement of the spinal needle while changing syringes.
The time interval from intrathecal injection to two-segment regression was prolonged in the study groups compared with the control group (Table 3).
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