inject

 
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdʒɛkt/

verb

[with object]
  • 1introduce (a liquid, especially a drug or vaccine) into the body with a syringe: the doctor injected a painkilling drug
  • administer a drug or medicine by syringe to (a person or animal): he was forcibly injected with a sedative
  • [no object] inject oneself with a narcotic drug, especially habitually: people who want to stop injecting
  • 2introduce (something) under pressure into a passage, cavity, or solid material: inject the foam and allow it to expand
  • Physics introduce or feed (a current, beam of particles, etc.) into a substance or device.
  • 3introduce (a new or different element) into something: she tried to inject scorn into her tone
  • 4place (a spacecraft or other object) into an orbit or trajectory: many meteoroids are injected into hyperbolic orbits

Derivatives

injectable

adjective & noun

Origin:

late 16th century (in the sense 'throw or cast on something'): from Latin inject- 'thrown in', from the verb inicere, from in- 'into' + jacere 'throw'