Injection

An injection was a medical procedure whereby a drug or other substance was introduced into a lifeform, usually for the purpose of effecting healing. While injections prior to the 22nd century were delivered via a needle, hyposprays were mostly used from that point onward. The Malon used subdermal injectors. ()
In 2268, Henoch, inhabiting Spock's body, worked in the pharmacology laboratory of the to prepare a metabolic reduction injection for the bodies occupied by Sargon's people. ()
Injections could be administered intramuscularly, intravenously, or subdermally. (; )
The Borg used their assimilation tubules to inject nanoprobes into the individuals they're assimilating. (; )
In 2154, Starfleet officer Hoshi Sato was kidnapped from her post on by Dolim's order. Sato's synaptic pathways were altered through a series of parasitic injections into her neocortex. This was to force Sato to break the Xindi-Aquatic encryption protocols, giving Dolim the launch codes to the Xindi weapon. ()
An injection of inaprovaline could be given to counteract the effects of being drunk. ()
== Types ==
* Contraception injection
* Cytokinetic injection
* Cytolytic injection ()
* Isomorphic injection
* Lethal injection
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Category:Medical procedures