حقن
Root: حقن
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
حقن ḥaqana u (ḥaqn) to hold back, withhold, keep back, detain, retain (هـ s.th.); to suppress, repress, restrain (هـ s.th.); to keep to o.s. (السر as-sirra the secret); to spare (دمه damahū s.o.’s blood or life); to give (ه s.o.) an injection (med.) VIII to become congested (esp. blood); to suffer from strangury; to take an enema, a clyster; to be injected │احتقن وجهه (wajhahū) his face was flushed, his face turned red
Entry 2
حقن ḥaqn retention, withholding; sparing; injecting. injection (med.) │ حقنا لدمائهم ḥaqnan li-dimā’ihim in order to spare their blood; حقن في حبل الوريد intravenous injection (med.)
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