Meanings
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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.
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2
noun
The addition of money or resources to support a person or business.
The struggling company received a much-needed cash injection.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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noun
· the act of putting a drug...
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Word family
Forms
injections
Derived forms
agroinjectionautoinjectioncoinjectioncrossinjectionelectroinjectionfemtoinjectioninjectionalinjectiveinjectivelyinterinjectionlipoinjectionmicroinjection
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.
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