ampule

or am·pul, am·poule

[ am-pyool, -pool ]

nounMedicine/Medical.
  1. a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.

Origin of ampule

1
1175–1225; <French <Latin ampullaampulla; replacing Middle English ampulle<Old French <Latin; replacing Old English ampella, ampulla<Latin

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