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am·pule

or am·poule also am·pul (ăm′po͞ol, -pyo͞ol)

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.

[French ampoule, from Old French, from Latin ampulla; see ampulla.]

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ampoule

(ˈæmpuːl; -pjuːl) or

ampule

(Medicine) med a small glass vessel in which liquids for injection are hermetically sealed

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Noun

ampoule - a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)

ampul, ampule, phial, vial

bottle - a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped

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ampula

ampoule

ampule (US) [ˈæmpuːl] N → ampolla f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ampoule

[ˈæmpuːl] (British) ampule (US) n (= phial) → ampoule f

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ampoule

, (US) ampule

n → Ampulle f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ampoule

ampule (Am) [ˈæmpuːl] n (Med) → fiala

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ampoule

, ampule

n. ámpula, ampolla, tubo de jeringuilla.

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