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injection

in·jec·tion

UK/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/ US/ˌɪˈndʒɛkʃʌn/ fairly common

noun

1.

a journey taken for pleasure

  • “many summer excursions to the shore”
  • “it was merely a pleasure trip”
  • “after cautious sashays into the field”
2.

any solution that is injected (as into the skin)

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3.

the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe

  • “the nurse gave him a flu shot”
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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • beef injection
  • booster injection
  • Heathrow injection
  • hot beef injection
  • hot-beef injection
  • injection lipolysis
  • injection molding
  • injection moulding

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