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Answer for the clue "Glass medicine container (var.) ", 5 letters:
ampul

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Word definitions for ampul in dictionaries

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 ]

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 .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of ampoule English)

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.