Injection

{in-jek’-shun) [in, into; jacere, to throw]. I. The act of injecting or throwing in. 2. The substance injected. According to the organ into which the injection is made, different terms are employed, as e. g., urethral I., intramuscular I., uterine I., vaginal I., etc. In the B. P. Inject i ones are solutions of active substances used for hypodermic injection. I., Hypodermic, an injection made under the skin. 334