Injection (medicine)
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Injection (often referred to as a "shot" in US English, or a "jab" in UK English) is the act of putting a liquid, especially a drug, into a person's body using a needle (usually a hypodermic needle) and a syringe.
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In nature
Many species of animals, and some stinging plants, have developed poison-injecting devices for self-defence or catching prey, for example:
- Venomous snakes
- Stinging insects
- Weevers (a fish)
- Sting rays
- Bloodsucking insects: some of them first inject an anticoagulant to make feeding easier
- Cnidocyte cells in the animals called cnidaria
- Stinging nettles
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See also
- Dart injection
- Jet injector
- Injection port
- Lethal injection
- Needlestick injury
- Needle remover
- Safety syringe
- Intramuscular injection
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