hypodermic needle

American  

noun

1. a hollow needle used to inject solutions subcutaneously.

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hypodermic needle Scientific  

/ hī′pə-dûr′mĭk /

1. A hollow needle used in medical syringes to inject fluids into the body or draw fluids from it.

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Etymology

Origin of hypodermic needle

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Similar to a hypodermic needle, a nematode uses its stylet to pierce cells and pull out food -- in this case from the pseudoscorpion's hypodermis, part of the outer covering known as the integument.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

For example, vaccines under development that consist of DNA are generally too thick to flow through a standard hypodermic needle.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 18, 2022

One of the first reports of microneedling in the literature is of using a tattoo gun without ink to repair scars, in another, a hypodermic needle is described as “incisionless surgery.”

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2019

Woman wins $4.6 million in Target lawsuit: A jury awarded a South Carolina woman more than $4.6 million after she was stuck by a hypodermic needle picked up in a Target parking lot.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2016

Finally a doctor came, gray-haired, white-coated, spectacled, efficient, serious, taciturn, bearing a tray upon which sat a bottle of mysterious fluid and a hypodermic needle.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright