hypodermic needle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hypodermic needle
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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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
That’s because the physics of a tattoo needle differ greatly from those of a hypodermic needle.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 18, 2022
Waiting for this moment, the most individual of endings to such a collective experience: an appointment in a plastic chair for a one-on-one encounter with a hypodermic needle.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2021
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
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
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