ampule

American

[am-pyool, -pool] / ˈæm pjul, -pul /

Or ampul,

noun

Medicine/Medical.

a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.

Etymology

Origin of ampule

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

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ampule

Then Dr. Bronson had given me a single ampule of the stuff.

From Last Resort by George Luther Schelling

I had put the ampule away in the medicine locker and deliberately forgotten about it.

From Last Resort by George Luther Schelling

I asked, touching the empty ampule from which he had injected the contents into her.

From The Treasure-Train by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

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