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Glass medicine container (var.)
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ampul
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of ampoule English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ampul \Am"pul\, n. [AS. ampella, ampolla, L. ampulla: cf. OF. ampolle, F. ampoule.] Same as Ampulla, 2. same as ampule .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sealed container holding a dose of medicine, 1907, from French ampul (1886), from Latin ampulla (see ampoule ). A modern borrowing of the word represented by Middle English ampoule .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) [syn: phial , vial , ampule , ampoule ]
Usage examples of ampul.
Monsorlit took a lancet and ampul and deftly took a blood sample from the ugly man.
One of Jane's girls brought them fresh bulbs of coffee and ampuls of a sweet, potent liqueur.
They had a goodly supply of painkillers, morphine ampuls manufactured in Switzerland , and injected the dying to ease their pain.
They had a goodly supply of painkillers, morphine ampuls manufactured in Switzerland, and injected the dying to ease their pain.