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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

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ampoule

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

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ampoule

, (US) ampule

n → Ampulle f

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ampoule

ampule (Am) [ˈæmpuːl] n (Med) → fiala

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ampoule

, ampule

n. ámpula, ampolla, tubo de jeringuilla.

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CEBU CITY -- Anti-narcotics agents arrested on Thursday an owner of a pharmacy for selling nine ampules of Nubain to an undercover policeman in a drug bust operation.

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The discovery was made at 8am on Monday when staff found a cabinet in the endoscopy theatre of the hospital had been broken into and ampules of drugs stolen.

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Three boxes containing ampules of diamorphine were lost or stolen in the area around Dundonald Avenue and Water Street at on Christmas Eve.