injection

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure
  2. noun any solution that is injected (as into the skin)
  3. noun the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe

Etymology

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.

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