Injectable

//ɪnˈd͡ʒɛktəbəl// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A liquid, such as a medicine or a Botox solution, which is injected using a needle and syringe.

    "Complex high-cost drug therapy, such as injectables and infusions, are close to a $70 billion sector."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being (or designed to be) injected. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of drugs) capable of being injected wordnet

Example

More examples

"“We are going to choose participants who are already on ART [anti-retroviral treatment] and are stable on ART. And we will randomize them to either continue on their normal treatment, which is the pill that they’ve been taking, or to switch them to this injectable. The injection is on the buttock,” he expressed."

Etymology

From inject + -able.

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