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INSTILLATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does instillation mean?

• INSTILLATION (noun)
The noun INSTILLATION has 2 senses:

1. the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop
2. a liquid that is instilled drop by drop

Familiarity information: INSTILLATION used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INSTILLATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

instillation; instillment; instilment

Hypernyms ("instillation" is a kind of...):

insertion; introduction; intromission (the act of putting one thing into another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instillation"):

infusion ((medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force))

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A liquid that is instilled drop by drop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("instillation" is a kind of...):

liquid (a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume)

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