verb
- past tense and past participle of reinject; to inject again or inject back into something
Usage: medical; technical
Examples
- The doctor reinjected the medication after the first dose proved insufficient.
- The extracted fluid was filtered and then reinjected into the patient.
- Oil companies often have water reinjected into wells to maintain pressure.
- The anesthetic was reinjected when the patient began to feel pain during surgery.
- Scientists reinjected the modified cells back into the laboratory mice.
- The contrast dye was reinjected for a clearer image during the scan.