Word Meanings - INJECTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aëriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc. 2. That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body

Additional info about word: INJECTION

1. The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aëriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc. 2. That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema. Mayne. The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance. A specimen prepared by injection. The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum. The cold water thrown into a condenser. Injection cock, or Injection valve , the cock or valve through which cold water is admitted into a condenser. -- Injection condenser. See under Condenser. -- Injection pipe, the pipe through which cold water is through into the condenser of a steam engine.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INJECTION)

• Immission
• Introduction
• injection
• insertion

Related words: (words related to INJECTION)

• INJECTION
  1. The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aëriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc. 2. That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body
• IMMISSION
  The act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection; -- the correlative of emission.
• INSERTION
  The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin. Epigynous insertion , the insertion of stamens upon the ovary. -- Hypogynous insertion , insertion beneath the ovary. (more
• INTRODUCTION
  1. The act of introducing, or bringing to notice. 2. The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another. 3. That part of a book
• SUPERINJECTION
  An injection succeeding another.
• REINSERTION
  The act of reinserting.