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AMPOULE

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am⋅pule

  [am-pyool, -pool]
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–noun Medicine/Medical.
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
Also, ampul, ampoule.

Origin:
1175–1225; < F < L ampulla ampulla; r. ME ampulle < OF < L; r. OE ampella, ampulla < L
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am·poule also am·pule or am·pul   (ām'pōōl, -pyōōl)   
n.  A small glass vial that is sealed after filling and used chiefly as a container for a hypodermic injection solution.

[French, from Old French, from Latin ampulla; see ampulla.]
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Main Entry: am·pule
Variants: or am·poule also am·pul /'am-"pyü(&)l, -pül/
Function: noun
1 : a hermetically sealed small bulbous glass vessel that is used to hold a solution for especially hypodermic injection
2 : a vial resembling an ampule
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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ampoule am·poule or am·pule or am·pul (ām'p&oomacr;l, -py&oomacr;l)
n.
A hermetically sealed vial, usually made of glass, that contains a sterile medicinal solution or a powder to be made into a solution for subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intravenous injection.

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