1. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid
into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe.
2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
Cæsar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs.
Milton. 3. To cast or throw; — with on. [R.]
And mound inject on mound.
Pope.
4. (Anat.) To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.
Injection
(In*jec"tion) n. [L. injectio : cf. F. injection.]
1. The act of injecting or throwing in; — applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aëriform
body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc.
2. That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or
pipe; a clyster; an enema. Mayne.
3. (Anat.) (a) The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance.
(b) A specimen prepared by injection.
4. (Steam Eng.) (a) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum. (b) The
cold water thrown into a condenser.
Injection cock, or Injection valve (Steam Eng.), the cock or valve through which cold water is admitted
into a condenser. — Injection condenser. See under Condenser. — Injection pipe, the pipe through
which cold water is through into the condenser of a steam engine.
Injector
(In*ject"or) n.
1. One who, or that which, injects.
2. (Mach.) A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam
upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes
condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; — also called Giffard's injector, from
the inventor.
Injelly
(In*jel"ly) v. t. To place in jelly. [R.]
Injoin
(In*join") v. t. [Obs.] See Enjoin.
Injoint
(In*joint) v. t. [Pref. in- in + joint.] To join; to unite. [R.] Shak.
Injoint
(In*joint), v. t. [Pref. in- in + joint.] To disjoint; to separate. [Obs.] Holland.
Injucundity
(In`ju*cun"di*ty) n. [L. injucunditas. See In- not, and Jocund.] Unpleasantness; disagreeableness.
[Obs.] Cockeram.
Injudicable
(In*ju"di*ca*ble) a. Not cognizable by a judge. [Obs.] Bailey.
Injudicial
(In`ju*di"cial) a. Not according to the forms of law; not judicial. [R.]
Injudicious
(In`ju*di"cious) a. [Pref. in- not + judicious; cf. F. injudicieux.]
