ampoule
A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable…A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
Meaning
1 sensesA small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
Ampulle
а́мпулаámpula
а́мпулаámpula
a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
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Origin
Borrowed from French ampoule. Etymologically equivalent to amphora + -ule/-le. Doublet ofBorrowed from French ampoule. Etymologically equivalent to amphora + -ule/-le. Doublet of ampulla.
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plural: ampoulesSynonyms
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