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Junkie vs Intraosseously - What's the difference?

junkie | intraosseously |

As a noun junkie

is junkie.

As an adverb intraosseously is

(emergency medicine) within the interior of the bone.

junkie

English

Alternative forms

* junky

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang, offensive, pejorative) A narcotics addict, especially referring to heroin users.
  • (by extension) An enthusiast of something.
    • English people are travel junkies , but Americans hardly ever leave their state.
    My uncle is a classic car junkie .

    Quotations

    * 1982: (song) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five *: Rats in the front room, roaches in the back. Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * adrenaline junkie

    See also

    * drug addict

    intraosseously

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (emergency medicine) Within the interior of the bone.
    • The injection was given intraosseously , because with a junkie with this kind of circulatory damage we really would not be able to find a good vein within an adequate time frame

    Related terms

    * intraosseous