Ampul
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
Historical Examples
The chief sign of the Canterbury pilgrimage was an ampul or ampulla or flask of lead or pewter.
A Handbook of Pictorial History Henry W. Donald
n.
sealed container holding a dose of medicine, 1907, from French ampul (1886), from Latin ampulla (see ampoule). A modern borrowing of the word represented by Middle English ampoule.
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