1 [C,U] an act of injecting sb with a drug or other substance:
to give sb an injection * He was treated with penicillin injections. * An anaesthetic was administered by injection. * daily injections of insulin
2 [C] a large sum of money that is spent to help improve a situation, business, etc:
The theatre faces closure unless it gets an urgent cash injection.
3 [U,C] an act of forcing liquid into sth:
a fuel injection system
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is injection a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, injection is tagged as noun.
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