ampoule
esp US ampule
/ (ˈæmpuːl, -pjuːl) /
noun
med a small glass vessel in which liquids for injection are hermetically sealed
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Example sentences from the Web for ampoule
After cleaning a spot on her arm, he dug out a needle, and filled it from an ampoule.
Feet Of Clay|Phillip HoskinsThere are only three ampoules of this and they also say, maximum dose one ampoule.
The Lost Kafoozalum|Pauline AshwellFrom them, he compounded a liquid mixture which he forced into the ampoule of a hypodermic needle.
Deepfreeze|Robert Donald LockeThey met together one night in the Duke of Ampoule's country house, six miles eastward of Alca, to consider ways and means.
Penguin Island|Anatole France