Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hermetically sealed vial made of glass or plastic that contains a sterile medicinal solution or a powder that is usually made into a solution for subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intravenous injection.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a small glass bottle which has been or can be sealed hermetically by application of flame to a narrow opening at the top.
- noun an ampule, or vial resembling an ampule, which contains a drug.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
ampoule .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Orthokine therapy is a bit more involved in that the blood is placed in an incubator for several hours in an ampule that contains proteins to stimulate the blood to produce healing factors.
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano: Tourist Attractions in Germany: Castles, Breweries and Orthokine Injections Dr. Josh Dines 2012
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Orthokine therapy is a bit more involved in that the blood is placed in an incubator for several hours in an ampule that contains proteins to stimulate the blood to produce healing factors.
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano: Tourist Attractions in Germany: Castles, Breweries and Orthokine Injections Dr. Josh Dines 2012
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Orthokine therapy is a bit more involved in that the blood is placed in an incubator for several hours in an ampule that contains proteins to stimulate the blood to produce healing factors.
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano: Tourist Attractions in Germany: Castles, Breweries and Orthokine Injections Dr. Josh Dines 2012
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Orthokine therapy is a bit more involved in that the blood is placed in an incubator for several hours in an ampule that contains proteins to stimulate the blood to produce healing factors.
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano: Tourist Attractions in Germany: Castles, Breweries and Orthokine Injections Dr. Josh Dines 2012
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Orthokine therapy is a bit more involved in that the blood is placed in an incubator for several hours in an ampule that contains proteins to stimulate the blood to produce healing factors.
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano: Tourist Attractions in Germany: Castles, Breweries and Orthokine Injections Dr. Josh Dines 2012
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Orthokine therapy is a bit more involved in that the blood is placed in an incubator for several hours in an ampule that contains proteins to stimulate the blood to produce healing factors.
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano: Tourist Attractions in Germany: Castles, Breweries and Orthokine Injections Dr. Josh Dines 2012
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Orthokine therapy is a bit more involved in that the blood is placed in an incubator for several hours in an ampule that contains proteins to stimulate the blood to produce healing factors.
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano: Tourist Attractions in Germany: Castles, Breweries and Orthokine Injections Dr. Josh Dines 2012
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Orthokine therapy is a bit more involved in that the blood is placed in an incubator for several hours in an ampule that contains proteins to stimulate the blood to produce healing factors.
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano: Tourist Attractions in Germany: Castles, Breweries and Orthokine Injections Dr. Josh Dines 2012
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The shortage has got so bad that fertility clinics are instead paying up to $700 an ampule for American sperm, according to the Herald Sun.
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Zzerrhezz, a fellow infirmary medic, had been able to synthesize only a very limited quantity of the substance in the ampule, so she knew she would have only one opportunity to use it.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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