| injections, jet | The injection of solutions into the skin by compressed air devices so that only the solution pierces the skin. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| injections, subcutaneous | Forceful administration under the skin of liquid medication, nutrient, or other fluid through a hollow needle piercing the skin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| injector | A device for making injections. (05 Mar 2000) |
| injudicious | 1. Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser. "An injudicious biographer who undertook to be his editor and the protector of his memory." (A. Murphy) 2. Not according to sound judgment or discretion; unwise; as, an injudicious measure. Synonym: Indiscreet, inconsiderate, undiscerning, incautious, unwise, rash, hasty, imprudent. Origin: Pref. In- not + judicious; cf. F. Injudicieux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| injunction | 1. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting. 2. That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction. "For still they knew,and ought to have still remembered, The high injunction,not to taste that fruit." (Milton) "Necessary as the injunctions of lawful authority." (South) 3. A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ. It is more generally used as a preventive than as a restorative process, although by no means confined to the former. Origin: L. Injunctio, fr. Injungere, injunctum, to join into, to enjoin. See Enjoin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| injure | To wound, hurt, or harm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| injuries, poisonings, and occupational diseases | Disorders representing collectively the results of assault by external forces, rather than by organic or physiologic dysfunction or by pathogens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| injurious | 1. Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable. "Till the injurious Roman did extort This tribute from us, we were free." (Shak) 2. Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc. "Without being injurious to the memory of our English Pindar." (Dryden) Synonym: Harmful, hurtful, pernicious, mischievous, baneful, deleterious, noxious, ruinous, detrimental. Origin: L. Injuriousus, injurius; cf. F. Injurieux. See Injury. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| injury | The damage or wound of trauma. Origin: L. Injuria, fr. In-neg. + jus (jur-), right (05 Mar 2000) |
| injury of intervertebral disk | traumatic cervical discopathy |
| injury potential | The difference in potential recorded when one electrode is placed on intact nerve fibres or muscle fibres and the other electrode is placed on the injured ends of the same fibres; the intact portion is positive with reference to the injured portion. Synonym: injury potential. (05 Mar 2000) |
| injury severity score | An anatomic severity scale based on the abbreviated injury scale (ais) and developed specifically to score multiple traumatic injuries. It has been used as a predictor of mortality. (12 Dec 1998) |