Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misinject

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-in-ject
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To inject (a substance) incorrectly.

verb

To inject (a person) incorrectly.

Example Sentences

"It is quite easy to misinject the adjuvant and deliver the bulk of the inoculum into a caudal blood vessel."
"Roe admitted that he may have misinjected drugs during the abortion."
"Using MRI, it was possible to distinguish between cells that were injected into the lymph nodes and cells that were misinjected and to monitor the migration of the former (Fig. 2) (22)."
"If the Botox injecting physician overdoses the patient with Botox, or if he or she misinjects the patient — injects Botox into the wrong muscles — the consequences to the patient can be grave indeed."
"He also showed me his syringe and the place on his arm where he had misinjected himself the night before and caused a puffy, swollen spot."

Etymology

From mis- + inject.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misinjects (present, singular) misinjecting (participle, present) misinjected (participle, past) misinjected (past)

Questions

What does misinject mean?: To inject (a substance) incorrectly.
Where does misinject come from?: From mis- + inject.

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