Injection vs Prolotherapy - What's the difference?
injection | prolotherapy |
The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
(specifically, medicine) Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
(set theory) A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f'': ''X'' → ''Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.
(mathematics) A relation on sets (X,Y)'' that associates each element of ''Y'' with at most one element of ''X .
(figuratively) The addition of money to someone, or to a business.
(programming) The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.
A specimen prepared by injection.
(steam engines) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
(steam engines) The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
(category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
(Contruction) The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
The injection of an otherwise non-pharmacological and non-active irritant solution into the body, generally in the region of tendons or ligaments for the purpose of strengthening weakened connective tissue and alleviating musculoskeletal pain.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 7, author=Jane E. Brody, title=Injections to Kick-Start Tissue Repair, work=New York Times
, passage=A state-by-state listing of prolotherapy practitioners can be found at www.getprolo.com . }}
As nouns the difference between injection and prolotherapy
is that injection is injection while prolotherapy is the injection of an otherwise non-pharmacological and non-active irritant solution into the body, generally in the region of tendons or ligaments for the purpose of strengthening weakened connective tissue and alleviating musculoskeletal pain.injection
English
(wikipedia injection)Noun
(en noun)- The troubled business received a much-needed cash injection .
- a SQL injection exploit allowing a malicious user to modify a database query
Derived terms
* injection cock * injection condenser * injection pipe * injective * injectively *gravel injection *grout injection * constructor injection * dependency injectionSee also
* bijection (2) * hypodermic * immunization * jab * surjection (2) ----prolotherapy
English
(wikipedia prolotherapy)Noun
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