ampoule
- n a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
- It would take several quarts of the improperly distilled water to give a man a fever; the "undissolved particles" were material which had come off the ampoule glass; the mold .
- But many a Jew in Germany is known to be carrying an ampoule of poison for escape in case of race riot.
- He was delighted at the "dramatic and complete relaxation" produced by the contents of one 5-cc ampoule injected into a vein.