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Injection

Meaning in pharmacy & pharmacology, with examples

/ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən/nounCore term

In pharmacy & pharmacology, injection means: A way of giving a medicine with a needle and syringe or a pen device into a vein, a muscle or the tissue under the skin; also the liquid medicine itself.

In Turkish: enjeksiyon, iğne

How it is used

Used for the act ('give an injection'), the product ('insulin injection', 'solution for injection') and the event ('she had her flu injection'). Patients may say 'jab' (UK) or 'shot' (US). Injections are named by route: intravenous, intramuscular or subcutaneous.

Example sentences

  1. The nurse will give you the injection in your upper arm.

  2. This vial contains a powder for solution for injection, so it must be reconstituted first.

Common collocations

  • give an injection
  • have an injection
  • solution for injection
  • injection site
  • insulin injection
  • intravenousGiven directly into a vein, either as a quick injection or as a slow infusion, so that the medicine reaches the bloodstream at once.
  • intramuscularGiven by injection deep into a muscle, such as the upper arm, thigh or buttock, from where the medicine is absorbed into the blood.
  • subcutaneousGiven by injection into the fatty tissue just under the skin, from where the medicine is absorbed slowly into the blood.
  • route of administrationThe way a medicine enters the body, for example by mouth, through the skin, by injection into a vein or muscle, or by breathing it in.

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