ampule

American  

[am-pyool, -pool] / ˈæm pyul, -pul /

Or ampul,

noun

Medicine/Medical.

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

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Etymology

Origin of ampule

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

Example Sentences

The companies confirmed they are out of stock of certain quantities of the treatment, which comes in different-sized ampules or phials.

From BBC

When unable to find fentanyl vials large enough to fill a bedside drip bag in one shot, they have bought any size available, including syringe-sized ampules.

From Reuters

A Greek bartender named Tassos brought me a beer, and placed some ampules of Jägermeister in front of two kids on my left: Annalena, from Germany, and Alexander, from the Austrian province of Carinthia.

From The New Yorker

“It’s two ampules, small containers, like a big bullet, put them together in a spray or something, and after that, some mechanism which is mixing them, a couple seconds and after that you’re shooting.”

From The Guardian

The shortages involve prefilled syringes of these drugs, as well as small ampules and vials of liquid medication that can be added to bags of intravenous fluids.

From Los Angeles Times