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- noun science fiction A kind of
jet injector .
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Examples
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And in the same way that “Bones” used his hypospray to painlessly pass medicine through the skin, modern day product design has brought us the Jet Injector.
Officers Starship | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009
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McCoy administered a hypospray filled with a sedative.
Starfleet Academy: The Edge Rudy Josephs 2010
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McCoy administered a hypospray filled with a sedative.
Starfleet Academy: The Edge Rudy Josephs 2010
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Ogawa nodded, then picked up a hypospray and began to set it.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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Ogawa nodded, then picked up a hypospray and began to set it.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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Ogawa nodded, then picked up a hypospray and began to set it.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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Oh, I dont mind, Kaz said, loading a hypospray for BElanna.
Star Trek: Voyager®: Full Circle Kirsten Beyer 2009
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Crusher nodded, then loaded her hypospray with a fresh ampoule of the new antibiotic.
Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009
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She grabbed the emergency medical kit there and went back down on her knees as she threw the lid open and snatched a hypospray.
Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009
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Seven and the Doctor dutifully followed Harry from sickbay, while Kaz conferred quietly with BElanna before administering a portion of the hypospray and providing her instructions for further use, should she require it.
Star Trek: Voyager®: Full Circle Kirsten Beyer 2009
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Conversely, Sheidlower said he was surprised to learn that “hypospray,” another term chiefly associated with “Star Trek” (defined as “an injection device which forces a fine, high-pressure jet of fluid through the skin without breaking it”), not only appeared as early as the 1940s, but was in fact a real device that was trademarked in 1948.
Tracking the Vocabulary of Sci-Fi, from Aerocar to Zero-Gravity By 2021
dailyword commented on the word hypospray
Bones uses this a lot to either sedate or help people to come to after being unconscious.
May 10, 2013
alexz commented on the word hypospray
The term Hypospray predates Star Trek. Found a citation in Life Magazine 1947, Nov 24. page 65. There may be a 1939 citation which predates this.
June 3, 2014