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Date: 1900-2000
Language: French
Origin: ampoule, from Latin ampulla, from amphora 'container for oil or wine'

ampoule

 noun
     
Related topics: Hospital
am‧poule , ampule [countable]
MH a small container for medicine that will be put into someone with a special needle
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