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# injector

«injector» in Mova's school dictionary: **A device that pushes a liquid or gas into something, for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an injector, injectors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A device that pushes a liquid or gas into something, for example fuel into a car engine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injector/#m1)

2) A pen-like device that pushes medicine through the skin, such as an adrenaline auto-injector (EpiPen) used for severe allergies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injector/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety and health lessons the most important one is the auto-injector: children with severe allergies (nuts, bee stings) may carry one, and adults are trained to use it in an emergency. In science and engineering: «fuel injector» in engines.

### examples

- My friend carries an auto-injector because she is allergic to peanuts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injector/#x1)
- The teacher knows how to use the injector in an emergency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injector/#x2)
- Keep the injector in a cool, safe place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injector/#x3)
- The mechanic cleaned the car's fuel injectors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injector/#x4)
- After using the injector, call an ambulance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injector/#x5)
- Each injector has a guard to hide the needle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injector/#x6)

### note

Countable: an injector, injectors (use «an» because it starts with a vowel sound). Related: «inject», «injection». Never play with a medical injector: it is real medicine with a needle.

### In the corpora

- [An adrenaline auto-injector can save the life of someone having a severe allergic reaction, so know where your friend keeps it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «injector» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injector/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.