injection

a substance that is put into your body using a needle and syringe for medical reasons, such as to give you medicine or anaesthetic

inyección

• have an injection

Collocations flu injection · painkiller injection

• She had a flu injection last week.

  Ella tuvo una inyección contra la influenza la semana pasada.

a substance that is put into your body illegally to make you stronger or faster, especially in sports

inyección de sustancias prohibidas

• be banned from sport for taking injections

Collocations performance-enhancing injection · illegal injection

• He was banned from sports after being caught using illegal injections.

  Fue prohibido participar en deportes después de ser sorprendido usando inyecciones ilegales.

an amount of money that is given to a company or country by the government, especially when it is having financial problems

inyección económica

• receive an injection of funds

Collocations government injection · financial injection

• The company received a financial injection from the government.

  La empresa recibió una inyección financiera del gobierno.