INJECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does injection mean? 

• INJECTION (noun)
  The noun INJECTION has 3 senses:

1. the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure

2. any solution that is injected (as into the skin)

3. the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe

  Familiarity information: INJECTION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INJECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The forceful insertion of a substance under pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("injection" is a kind of...):

insertion; introduction; intromission (the act of putting one thing into another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "injection"):

epidural injection (injection of an anesthetic substance into the epidural space of the spinal cord in order to produce epidural anesthesia)

Derivation:

inject (force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any solution that is injected (as into the skin)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

injectant; injection

Hypernyms ("injection" is a kind of...):

solution (a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

injection; shot

Context example:

the nurse gave him a flu shot

Hypernyms ("injection" is a kind of...):

medical aid; medical care (professional treatment for illness or injury)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "injection"):

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)

Derivation:

inject (give an injection to)

 Context examples 

They include injections to strengthen the immune system, physical and speech therapy, and high-dose vitamin therapy.

(Ataxia Telangiectasia, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

This results in a loss of sensation at the injection site.

(Articaine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

If there is a tumor, the injection will not change the level of pancreatic polypeptide.

(Atropine suppression test, NCI Dictionary)

The treatment program consists of multiple intradermal injections of irradiated DNP-modified autologous tumor cells mixed with bacillus Calmette-Guerin.

(Autologous Dinitrophenyl Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intradermal injection, the autologous GM-CSF-secreting lethally irradiated leukemia cell vaccine secretes GM-CSF.

(Autologous GM-CSF-Secreting Lethally Irradiated Leukemia Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment with injections of therapeutic substances linked with specific antibodies in order to directly destroy specific, usually cancerous, cells or to stimulate the immune system to destroy those cells.

(Antibody-Drug Conjugate Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment with injections of antibodies made in another animal or in the laboratory.

(Antibody therapy, NCI Dictionary)

The injection of an allergen extract intended to increase resistance, tolerance, or immunity to the given allergens.

(Allergy Shot, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intradermal injections, allogeneic GM-CSF-secreting lethally irradiated whole melanoma cell vaccine secretes GM-CSF.

(Allogeneic GM-CSF-secreting Lethally Irradiated Whole Melanoma Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intradermal injections, allogeneic irradiated melanoma cell vaccine may stimulate the body's immune system to exert a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) against the melanoma cancer cells.

(Allogeneic Irradiated Melanoma Cell Vaccine CSF470, NCI Thesaurus)