Injection
WordNet
noun
(1) The forceful insertion of a substance under pressure
(2) The act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
"The nurse gave him a flu shot"
(3) Any solution that is injected (as into the skin)
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
- Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
- 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.
- A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
See also
- bijection (2)
- surjection (2)
- jab
- hypodermic
- immunization
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