ineksiyon
ineksiyón with stress marks
injection
Usage Note
Ineksiyon is a loanword from English used in medical contexts for administering medicine or vaccines via a needle. It is commonly heard in clinics and hospitals, and children's fear of ineksiyon makes it a familiar word in everyday Philippine family life.
Examples
" Takot siya sa ineksiyon. "
Natural Translation
He/She is afraid of injections.
Literal Translation
Afraid he/she of injection.
" Kailangan ng ineksiyon para mabawasan ang sakit ng pasyente. "
Natural Translation
An injection is needed to reduce the patient's pain.
Literal Translation
Needed an injection to reduce the pain of-the patient.
" Bago bigyan ng ineksiyon ang bata, kinausap muna siya ng nars upang mawala ang kanyang takot. "
Natural Translation
Before giving the child an injection, the nurse first talked to him so that his fear would go away.
Literal Translation
Before give of injection the child, talked-to first him the nurse in-order disappear the his fear.
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