inject
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
inject/ɪnˈʤekt/
▶verb
- 1 introduce (a liquid, especially a drug or vaccine) into the body with a syringe.
■ administer a drug or medicine to (a person or animal) in this way.
- 2 introduce or feed (something) under pressure into another substance.
- 3 introduce (a new quality or element): she tried to inject scorn into her tone.
– derivatives
injectable adjective & noun,
injector noun.
injectable adjective & noun,
injector noun.
– origin C16: from L. inject-, inicere ‘throw in’.
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