superinject en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From super- + inject.
Meanings
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(transitive) To administer a successive injection.
Through the needle-hole thus stained with dye it was possible to "superinject" antitoxin, using a slightly wider needle avoid back leak along the old needle track, and thus to ensure a distribution of both toxin and antitoxin solutions from the same point the skin.
1949 August 14, The British Journal of Experimental Pathology 1949-08: Vol 30 Iss 4:[…] by the introduction into test sites of histamine with the production of a wealing reaction or the superinjection of saline into the test site.
2012, G. Dick, Immunological Aspects of Infectious Diseases:Since it was inconvenient to superinject at an interval shorter than 30 min. and since longer periods of up to 2 hr. between injection and superinjection gave no greater reduction, […]
1958, British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy 1958: Vol 13:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| superinjected | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| superinjected | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| superinjecting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| superinjects | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |