misinject

Verb

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

1. To inject (a substance) incorrectly.
   • It is quite easy to misinject the adjuvant and deliver the bulk of the inoculum into a caudal blood vessel.1988, Robert A. Greenwald, Herbert S. Diamond, CRC Handbook of Animal Models for the Rheumatic Diseases, page 11
   • Roe admitted that he may have misinjected drugs during the abortion.1996, Mark Crutcher, Lime 5: Exploited by Choice, page 71
2. To inject (a person) incorrectly.
   • 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.1964, American Jurisprudence Trials, page 495
   • 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.1971, Joan Hatch Shapiro, Joan Hatch Lennox, Communities of the Alone, page 102