ampule

or am·pul, am·poule

[ am-pyool, -pool ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ampule¹

1175–1225; < French < Latin ampulla ampulla; replacing Middle English ampulle < Old French < Latin; replacing Old English ampella, ampulla < Latin

Example Sentences

The companies confirmed they are out of stock of certain quantities of the treatment, which comes in different-sized ampules or phials.

From BBC

The presentation, in glass ampules, is generally used by doctors to inject fentanyl as a pain reliever.

From Washington Times

When unable to find fentanyl vials large enough to fill a bedside drip bag in one shot, they have bought any size available, including syringe-sized ampules.

From Reuters

A Greek bartender named Tassos brought me a beer, and placed some ampules of Jägermeister in front of two kids on my left: Annalena, from Germany, and Alexander, from the Austrian province of Carinthia.

From The New Yorker

“It’s two ampules, small containers, like a big bullet, put them together in a spray or something, and after that, some mechanism which is mixing them, a couple seconds and after that you’re shooting.”

From The Guardian