injection

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #7427

Meanings

1

noun
The act of putting a drug or liquid into the body with a needle, or the dose given this way.

The doctor gave him an injection to ease the pain.
2

noun
The addition of money or resources to support a person or business.

The struggling company received a much-needed cash injection.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of putting a drug... shot

Word family

Forms injections

Derived forms agroinjectionautoinjectioncoinjectioncrossinjectionelectroinjectionfemtoinjectioninjectionalinjectiveinjectivelyinterinjectionlipoinjectionmicroinjection

Related forms hypodermicimmunizationinject jab

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Phrases (2)

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intravenous injection
an injection delivered directly into a vein

Adjective + noun
subcutaneous injection
an injection delivered beneath the skin

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French injection, from Latin iniectio. The mathematical sense is from French injection, introduced by Nicolas Bourbaki in their treatise Éléments de mathématique. Equivalent to inject + -ion.

iniectio Latin injection French

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# injection

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 7427

## Meanings
1. The act of putting a drug or liquid into the body with a needle, or the dose given this way.
2. The addition of money or resources to support a person or business.

## Examples
- The doctor gave him an injection to ease the pain.
- The struggling company received a much-needed cash injection.

## Derived Forms
- agroinjection
- autoinjection
- coinjection
- crossinjection
- electroinjection
- femtoinjection
- injectional
- injective
- injectively
- interinjection
- lipoinjection
- microinjection

## Related Forms
- hypodermic
- immunization
- inject
- jab

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: iniectio
- Root: injection

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French injection, from Latin iniectio. The mathematical sense is from French injection, introduced by Nicolas Bourbaki in their treatise Éléments de mathématique. Equivalent to inject + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Injection is borrowed from Middle French injection, from Latin iniectio. The mathematical sense is from French injection, introduced by Nicolas Bourbaki in their treatise Éléments de mathématique. Equivalent to inject + -ion. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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