Pronunciations (2)
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/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/
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ɪn.ˈdʒɛk.ʃən
Noun
The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
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For some indications in PET imaging, it is necessary for radiopharmaceutical injections to be administered contralaterally or pedally to the disease process
A specimen prepared by injection.
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A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
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The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
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The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
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The troubled business received a much-needed cash injection.
A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
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The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.
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a SQL injection exploit allowing a malicious user to modify a database query
The act of putting a spacecraft into a particular orbit, especially for changing a stable orbit into a transfer orbit, e.g. trans-lunar injection.
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It had been determined that one of the whip turnstile antennas had broken off from Explorer 1 shortly after injection into orbit, so these were eliminated.
A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.
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Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
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Congestion (of a body part, with blood or other fluid), such as hyperemia.
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conjunctival injection
Fuel injection: the pressurized introduction of fuel into a cylinder.
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direct injection
tuned port injection
The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
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The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
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Noun
the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure
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any solution that is injected (as into the skin)
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the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
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the nurse gave him a flu shot