See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)
Injection(health)
injection(dictionary)
Injection(medicine)
jet injection(medicine)
injection(dictionary)
hypodermic injection(medicine)
depot injection(medicine)

bel (medicine) and injection (oh)


bel (medicine)


bel
Unit expressing the relative intensity of a sound. The intensity in bels is the logarithm (to the base 10) of the ratio of the power of the sound to that of a Reference sound. Ordinarily, the Reference sound is assumed to be one with a power of 10-16 watts per sq cm, approximately the threshold of a normal human ear at 1000 Hz.

Origin: A.G. Bell, Scottish-U.S. Scientist, 1847-1922


injection (oh)



[U and C] an act of putting a drug into someone's body using a special needle
-see also shot shot
::The nurse gave me a tetanus injection .
injection of
::an injection of insulin
::The children hate having injections.
::The only sure treatment is antibiotics, preferably by injection.
[C] an addition of money to something in order to improve it
injection of
::a massive injection of public funds
::Our local Football club may fold unless it gets a cash injection .
[U and C] the act of forcing a liquid into something
::a fuel injection system