The Collaborative International Dictionary
injectable \injectable\ adj.
capable of being conveniently injected; -- used of drug preparations, such as sterile lyophilize medicine in a serum-capped vial. Opposite of uninjectable.
Requiring injection for administration; -- of drugs, especially those not active by oral administration. Opposite of orally active.
Wiktionary
a. Capable of being (or designed to be) injected n. (context pharmacy English) A drug which is designed to be injected
WordNet
adj. (used of drugs) capable of being injected [ant: uninjectable]
Usage examples of "injectable".
Physicians have a greater incidence of alcoholism, and they also have a higher incidence of getting hooked on medications like Talwin and Demerol and other injectable opiates because of their greater access to them.
I immediately put the dogs on a diet of C rations and dry dog food only and ordered a supply of injectable vitamin B-1.
It was replaced by morphine when the new injectable needle became the rage, but not before cannabis brought with it healthful elixirs and patent medicines, luxuriant Turkish Smoking Parlors, and with them a fountain of literary creativity.
Charles wrote out prescriptions for morphine, Demerol, Compazine, Xylocaine, syringes, plastic tubing, intravenous solutions, Benadryl, epinephrine, Prednisone, Percodan, and injectable Valium.