ampule

or am·pul, am·poule

[ am-pyool, -pool ]
/ ˈæm pyul, -pul /
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noun Medicine/Medical.

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

Origin of ampule

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

Words nearby ampule

amplitude, amplitude modulation, amplitude of accommodation, amply, ampoule, ampule, ampulla, ampulla of lorenzini, ampulla of uterine tube, ampulla of vas deferens, ampullaceous

Words related to ampoule

flask, bottle, ampul, phial

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 Hoskins

  • There are only three ampoules of this and they also say, maximum dose one ampoule.

    The Lost Kafoozalum |Pauline Ashwell

  • From them, he compounded a liquid mixture which he forced into the ampoule of a hypodermic needle.

    Deepfreeze |Robert Donald Locke

  • They 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

British Dictionary definitions for ampoule

ampoule

esp US ampule

/ (ˈæmpuːl, -pjuːl) /

noun

med a small glass vessel in which liquids for injection are hermetically sealed