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  • noun science fiction A kind of jet injector.

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hypodermic spray

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  • Bones uses this a lot to either sedate or help people to come to after being unconscious.

    May 10, 2013

  • 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.

    Wikipedia lists the 'real world' usage of the term.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypospray#Real-world_timeline


    June 3, 2014