Thesaurus: injection

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1. n. The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aeriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc.
2. n. That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema.
3. n. The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance.
4. n. A specimen prepared by injection.
5. n. The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
6. n. The cold water thrown into a condenser.
7. n. the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure
8. n. any solution that is injected (as into the skin)
9. n. the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
10. 1. The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aëriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc. 2. That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema. Mayne. 3. (Anat.) (a) The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance. (b) A specimen prepared by injection. 4. (Steam Eng.) (a) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum. (b) The cold water thrown into a condenser. Injection cock, or Injection valve (Steam Eng.), the cock or valve through which cold water is admitted into a condenser. -- Injection condenser. See under Condenser. -- Injection pipe, the pipe through which cold water is through into the condenser of a steam engine.
11. n:100 n. the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure n. any solution that is injected (as into the skin) n. the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe