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injection

Syllabification: (in·jec·tion)
Pronunciation: /inˈjekSHən/

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Definition of injection

noun

  • 1an instance of injecting or being injected:painkilling injections an injection of capital was needed
  • a thing that is injected:a morphine injection
  • the action of injecting:sometimes a polio vaccine is given by injection
  • short for fuel injection.
  • 2the entry or placing of a spacecraft or other object into an orbit or trajectory.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin injectio(n-), from the verb inicere (see inject)

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