Meaning of INJECT
| Pronunciation: | | in'jekt
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- [v] give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
- [v] to introduce (a new aspect or element); "He injected new life into the performance"
- [v] to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks."
- [v] feed intravenously
- [v] take by injection; "inject heroin"
- [v] force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
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| | Synonyms: | | come in, interject, interpose, put in, shoot, shoot, throw in |
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| | See Also: | | add, administer, break up, cut off, dispense, disrupt, do drugs, drug, enclose, feed, give, immunise, immunize, inclose, inoculate, insert, interrupt, introduce, mainline, pop, put in, skin pop, stick in, vaccinate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Injected}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Injecting}.] [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to
throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter.
See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
1. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold
water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into
a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic
syringe.
2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
C[ae]sar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the
same scrupulous demurs. --Milton.
3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.]
And mound inject on mound. --Pope.
4. (Anat.) To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid
or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.
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| | Related Terms: | | animate, bathe, brew, bring in, douche, drench, drive in, drouk, ease in, embue, enliven, exhilarate, fire, flush, force in, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infect, infiltrate, inform, infuse, inoculate, insert, insinuate, inspire, inspirit, interject, introduce, intromit, lave, leach, lixiviate, macerate, percolate, perfuse, permeate, pop in, put in, rinse, saturate, seethe, set in, slip in, soak, sodden, sop, souse, spirit, spirit up, steep, stick in, throw in, tuck in, wash, waterlog, whip in |
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