different between inject vs microinject

English

Etymology

From Latin iniectus, injectus, participle of inici?, injici? (“I throw in”), from in- + iaci? (“I throw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

inject (third-person singular simple present injects, present participle injecting, simple past and past participle injected)

1. (transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.

   The nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.

2. (transitive) To introduce (something) suddenly or violently.

   Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the British music scene.
3. (transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.

   Now lie back while we inject you with the anesthetic.

   to inject the blood vessels

4. (intransitive) To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.

   It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal.

5. (transitive, computing) To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability.

   • Yes, you'll have to use CreateRemoteThread to "inject code" if you want information like the current directory of a process (at least on NT 3.5x).

   • As soon as a virus programmer discovers that some popular ActiveX thing has a bug that can be exploited, e.g. with controlled crashes to inject code, it's going to be a disaster.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To cast or throw; used with on.

Related terms

• injectable
• injection

Translations

English

Etymology

micro- +? inject

Verb

microinject (third-person singular simple present microinjects, present participle microinjecting, simple past and past participle microinjected)

1. (transitive) To inject with a micropipette.

Related terms

• microinjection