injectionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ɪnˈdʒek.ʃən/us/ɪnˈdʒek.ʃən/injection noun [ C or U ] (DRUG)
C2 the act of putting a liquid, especially a drug, into a person's body using a needle and a syringe (= small tube):
Daily insulin injections are necessary for some diabetics.
This steroid is sometimes given by injection.
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- My arm was very tender after the injection.
- If I'm talking a bit funnily it's because I've just had an injection in my mouth.
- Most patients find that the numbness from the injection wears off after about an hour.
- We took our cat to the vet's for its annual cat flu injection.
- The injection provides some temporary relief from the pain.
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Medicine in different forms
- anesthetic
- bolus
- counter
- dose
- drug
- hormone replacement therapy
- medicate
- medicinal
- meds
- ointment
- pharma
- placebo
- preparation
- radiotherapy
- restorative
- Rx
- tablet
- tonic
- topical
- vial
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injection noun [ C or U ] (SOMETHING NEW)
C2 the introduction of something new that is necessary or helpful to a situation or process:
A cash injection of £20 million will be used to improve the health service.
an injection of humour/excitement
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New
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- afresh
- brand new
- brave new
- break the mould idiom
- breath
- innovation
- innovative
- latest
- latter-day
- mint
- minute 1
- neo-
- novel
- novelty
- original
- originality
- pristine
- revolutionary
- up-to-the-minute idiom
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