INSTILLMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does instillment mean? 

• INSTILLMENT (noun)
  The noun INSTILLMENT has 1 sense:

1. the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop

  Familiarity information: INSTILLMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSTILLMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

instillation; instillment; instilment

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

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

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

infusion ((medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force))

Derivation:

instill (enter drop by drop)