Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of being injected.
- noun A drug or medicine that can be injected.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of receiving an injection.
- Capable of being injected.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective capable of being conveniently injected; -- used of drug preparations, such as sterile lyophilize medicine in a serum-capped vial. Opposite of
uninjectable . - adjective Requiring injection for administration; -- of drugs, especially those not active by oral administration. Opposite of
orally active .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being (or designed to be)
injected - noun pharmacy A drug which is designed to be
injected
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of drugs) capable of being injected
Etymologies
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Examples
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I know this is a little late posting on yesterdays thread, but on the issue of vaccines: they do still use either separately or both mercury compounds or formaldehyde as bacteriacides in injectable vaccines.
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Currently, Allergan and Medicis compete in the arena for so-called injectable dermal fillers that treat wrinkles using a different mechanism than drugs.
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Alcon are the only two U.S. providers of the class of drugs known as injectable miotics, and the FTC alleges that the acquisition would have created a monopoly in injectable miotics.
Media Newswire 2010
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What do we know about what appear to be some kind of injectable medicines?
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TMZ. com obtained photos of the refrigerator in Anna Nicole ` s home in the Bahamas after she died. the contents include Methadone, vials of what appear to be some kind of injectable medicines, cans of Slim-Fast, as well as a nutritional supplement.
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Specialty drugs -- such as injectable, biotech medications to treat severe, chronic health issues such as cancer and psoriasis -- accounted for 21% of the market last year, compared with 7. 5% in 2008.
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Specialty drugs -- such as injectable, biotech medications to treat severe, chronic health issues such as cancer and psoriasis -- accounted for 21% of the market last year, compared with 7. 5% in 2008.
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Specialty drugs -- such as injectable, biotech medications to treat severe, chronic health issues such as cancer and psoriasis -- accounted for 21% of the market last year, compared with 7. 5% in 2008.
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Specialty drugs -- such as injectable, biotech medications to treat severe, chronic health issues such as cancer and psoriasis -- accounted for 21% of the market last year, compared with 7. 5% in 2008.
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Specialty drugs -- such as injectable, biotech medications to treat severe, chronic health issues such as cancer and psoriasis -- accounted for 21% of the market last year, compared with 7. 5% in 2008.
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