Injection

/ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən/ noun

Definition

Forcing a liquid (usually medicine) into the body using a needle and syringe, or the liquid medicine itself being introduced this way.

Etymology

From Latin 'injectus' (thrown in), from 'in-' (in) + 'jacere' (to throw). The medical procedure was named in the 1600s to describe the 'throwing in' of medicine.

Kelly Says

The verb 'inject' literally means 'to throw in'—and early doctors really did think of it as throwing medicine into the body, which is why syringe comes from Greek 'syrinx' (pipe or tube), like a mini catapult.

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