different between inject vs reinject

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

re- +? inject

Verb

reinject (third-person singular simple present reinjects, present participle reinjecting, simple past and past participle reinjected)

1. To inject again.
2. To cause to reenter.

   I tried to reinject some sanity to the conversation, but it was too late and conspiracy theory reigned for the rest of the night.

Anagrams

• injecter