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noun Medicine/Medical.
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
Also, am·pul, am·poule.
Origin:
1175–1225; < French < Latin ampulla ampulla; replacing Middle English ampulle < Old French < Latin; replacing Old English ampella, ampulla < Latin
1175–1225; < French < Latin ampulla ampulla; replacing Middle English ampulle < Old French < Latin; replacing Old English ampella, ampulla < Latin
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Word Origin & History
ampoule
"small bottle or flask," esp. one used for holy liquids, c.1200, from O.Fr. ampole, from L. ampulla "small globular flask or bottle," of uncertain origin, perhaps a contracted form of amphora.
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Medical Dictionary
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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