misinject

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ inject

Verb

misinject (third-person singular simple present misinjects, present participle misinjecting, simple past and past participle misinjected)

1. To inject (a substance) incorrectly.
   • 1988, Robert A. Greenwald, Herbert S. Diamond, CRC Handbook of Animal Models for the Rheumatic Diseases, page 11:

     It is quite easy to misinject the adjuvant and deliver the bulk of the inoculum into a caudal blood vessel.

   • 1996, Mark Crutcher, Lime 5: Exploited by Choice, page 71:

     Roe admitted that he may have misinjected drugs during the abortion.

   • 2008, Martin G. Pomper, Juri G. Gelovani, Molecular Imaging in Oncology, page 505:

     Using MRI, it was possible to distinguish between cells that were injected into the lymph nodes and cells that were misinjected and to monitor the migration of the former (Fig. 2) (22).

2. To inject (a person) incorrectly.
   • 1964, American Jurisprudence Trials, page 495:

     If the Botox injecting physician overdoses the patient with Botox, or if he or she misinjects the patient — injects Botox into the wrong muscles — the consequences to the patient can be grave indeed.

   • 1971, Joan Hatch Shapiro, Joan Hatch Lennox, Communities of the Alone, page 102:

     He also showed me his syringe and the place on his arm where he had misinjected himself the night before and caused a puffy, swollen spot.