hypodermic needle

  • 71hypodermic syringe — syringe attached to a needle (used to inject a dose of medication under the skin) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 72hypodermic syringe — hypoder′mic syringe′ n. pha a small piston syringe having a detachable hollow needle(hypoder′mic nee dle)for use in injecting solutions subcutaneously • Etymology: 1890–95 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 73hypodermic syringe — /haɪpəˌdɜmɪk səˈrɪndʒ/ (say huypuh.dermik suh rinj) noun a small syringe usually of plastic or glass, with a hollow needle, used for taking blood samples, injecting solutions subcutaneously, etc …

  • 74needle exchange — /ˈnidl əkstʃeɪndʒ/ (say needl uhkschaynj) noun the exchange of used hypodermic syringes for clean ones at no charge, as a means of combating the spread of AIDS among drug users who share needles …

  • 75Tuohy needle — Infobox Laboratory equipment name = Tuohy needle caption = A 16G Portex Tuohy needle and epidural catheter. Large rule marks 1 cm apart. acronym = other names = uses = Drug delivery inventor = manufacturer = model = related = Hypodermic needleA… …

    Wikipedia

  • 76on the needle —    addicted to illegal narcotics taken by self injection    The needle is the hypodermic syringe. Whence also the punning needlework, such addiction:     Was this talcum powder loyalty, I wondered; did they go in for this type of needlework as… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 77aikinite — Needle Nee dle (n[=e] d l), n. [OE. nedle, AS. n[=ae]dl; akin to D. neald, OS. n[=a]dla, G. nadel, OHG. n[=a]dal, n[=a]dala, Icel. n[=a]l, Sw. n[*a]l, Dan. naal, and also to G. n[ a]hen to sew, OHG. n[=a]jan, L. nere to spin, Gr. ne ein, and perh …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 78Genista Anglica — Needle Nee dle (n[=e] d l), n. [OE. nedle, AS. n[=ae]dl; akin to D. neald, OS. n[=a]dla, G. nadel, OHG. n[=a]dal, n[=a]dala, Icel. n[=a]l, Sw. n[*a]l, Dan. naal, and also to G. n[ a]hen to sew, OHG. n[=a]jan, L. nere to spin, Gr. ne ein, and perh …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 79hypodermicneedle — hypodermic needle n. 1. A hollow needle used with a hypodermic syringe. 2. A hypodermic syringe including the needle. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 80hypodermicsyringe — hypodermic syringe n. A piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections. * * * …

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