What is another word for injection?

Pronunciation: [ɪnd͡ʒˈɛkʃən] (IPA)

Injection refers to the process of administering a substance into the body, usually through a needle. Various words could portray the action of injection, including inoculation, infusion, introduction, and instillation. All these words imply the transfer of substances or liquids into the body parts to achieve a specific purpose. Inoculation indicates the introduction of a vaccine or a preparation that boosts immunity against a specific disease. Infusion, on the other hand, refers to the continuous injection of medications into veins, often used in the hospital. Introduction and instillation imply introducing a liquid substance into the body's specific organ for medical or therapeutic purposes.

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Usage examples for Injection

Only a groan or two and a slight improvement in the pulse, indicating a change in his condition, gave him a second injection about twenty minutes after the first one.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller
Her sight gradually returned completely; she kept on improving, and in four to five hours after the one injection she seemed quite well, but rather weak.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller
She came back to her husband's bedside, when artificial respiration was about to be given up, but the very first injection rendered it no longer necessary and two more restored Mr. Johnstone completely.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller

Famous quotes with Injection

  • Health economists have estimated that an injection of $250 million per year in Indigenous clinical care, and $50 million in preventative care, is required to provide services at the same level as for any other group with the health conditions of Indigenous Australians.
    Malcolm Fraser
  • Nineteen percent of doctors say that they'd be able to give their patients a lethal injection. But they also went on to say that the patient would have to be really, really behind on payments.
    Jay Leno
  • If I give you a forty five percent chance at lethal injection, a fifty percent chance at the electric chair, and a five percent chance for escape which are you going to vote for? The electric chair, because you're likely to win?
    Michael Badnarik
  • That beats any meat injection … that beats any fuckin cock in the world … Ali gasps, completely serious. It unnerves us tae the extent that ah feel ma ain genitals through ma troosers tae see if they're still thair.
    Irvine Welsh

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