INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intramuscular injection mean? 

• INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION (noun)
  The noun INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION has 1 sense:

1. an injection into a muscle

  Familiarity information: INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An injection into a muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

injection; shot (the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe)

 Context examples 

Intramuscular injection is a route of drug administration via injection into muscle tissue.

(Intramuscular Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intramuscular injection, the polymer moiety of BP-Cx1-Platinum Complex BP-C1 (BP-C1) alters the permeability of the cell membranes, which allows for increased penetration of platinum into tumor cells.

(BP-Cx1-Platinum Complex BP-C1, NCI Thesaurus)

Uptake and distribution after epidural administration resembles that seen after intramuscular injection.

(Epidural Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intramuscular injection, the adjuvant portion of the NY-ESO-1/GLA-SE vaccine ID-G30 binds to toll-like receptor subtype 4 (TLR-4) expressed on dendritic cells (DCs), monocytes, macrophages and B cells.

(NY-ESO-1/GLA-SE Vaccine ID-G305, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intramuscular injection and electroporation, melanoma TRP2 CTL epitope vaccine SCIB1 expresses the modified antibody.

(Melanoma TRP2 CTL Epitope Vaccine SCIB1, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intramuscular injection of CMVpp65/gB plasmid vaccine ASP0113, the expressed proteins may activate the immune system to mount both cellular and humoral immune responses against CMV-positive cells.

(CMVpp65/gB Plasmid Vaccine ASP0113, NCI Thesaurus)