inject

Meaning

Verb

• To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
• To introduce (something) suddenly or violently.
• To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.
• To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.
• To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability.
• To cast or throw; used with on.

Origin

• From Latin iniectus, participle of iniciō, from in- + iaciō.