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    ampoule

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    am·poule, ampule /ˈæmpuːl $ -pjuːl/ noun [countable]  MHa small container for medicine that will be put into someone with a special needle 安瓿〔装针剂的小瓶〕
    Examples from the Corpus
    ampoule• The drugs stolen include an ampoule of adrenalin, which could kill if injected, a police spokesman warned.
    am·poule nounChineseSyllable
    medicine for a that container put into will small Corpus be


    ampoule
    am‧poule , ampule /ˈæmpuːl $ -pjuːl/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1900-2000
     Language: French
     Origin: ampoule, from Latin ampulla, from amphora 'container for oil or wine'
    a small container for medicine that will be put into someone with a special needle


    am·poule (US also am·pule) BrE /ˈæmpuːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈæmpuːl/ 🔊, also /ˈæmpjuːl/ 🔊 nouna small container, usually made of glass, containing a drug that will be used for an injection 安瓿（装针剂的小玻璃瓶）