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Definition of Ampoule

1. Noun. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).

Definition of Ampoule

1. ampule [n -S] - See also: ampule

Medical Definition of Ampoule

1. A small glass or plastic container capable of being sealed so as to preserve its contents in a sterile condition, used principally for containing sterile parenteral solutions (American English: ampule). (18 Nov 1997)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ampoule

amplify amplify amplifying Ampligase amplitude amplitude amplitudes amplitude distortion amplitude level amplitude modulation

amplitude of accommodation amplitude of convergence amplitude of pulse amply ampoule (current term) ampoule (current term) ampoules amprolium amprotropine phosphate amps

ampul ampule ampule ampules ampulla ampulla ampullaceous ampullae ampullar ampullar

Literary usage of Ampoule

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1. Knights and Their Days by Doran (John) (1856)
"This was especially the case with the Knights of the Holy " ampoule," or anointing oil, ... Thenceforward, the chevaliers of the St. ampoule were created, ..."

2. Knights and Their Days by Dr Doran, Doran (John), John Doran (1856)
"This was especially the case with the Knights of the Holy " ampoule," or anointing oil, ... Thenceforward, the chevaliers of the St. ampoule were created, ..."

3. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"... support the enterprise! and that a great many parliament-men were to be boiled alive to make a sainte ampoule or oil" (not very holy, one would think, ..."

4. The Court of the Tuileries from the Restoration to the Flight of Louis Philippe by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1897)
"... ampoule. — A Comforting Miracle. —• A Ponderous State Carnage. — The Grand Master's Opportunity.—-Difficult to Decide. — " Working Double Tides. ..."

5. The Last of the Valois: And Accession of Henri of Navarre, 1559-1589 by Elliot Jackson (1896)
"The Sainte-ampoule and the Holy Oil of Saint-Martin.— Mayenne Appoints a New Governor of Paris.— He Opens the Gates to the King.— The Entry into Paris. ..."

6. Therapeutic Gazette (1916)
"The fluid in the stem should be shaken into the bulbous portion before opening the ampoule, and this is readily accomplished by snapping the finger against ..."

7. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The ampoule was then heated at 80° for 36 hr, at the end of which time the ampoule was cooled to —80° and opened. The dark contents were transferred to a ..."

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