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ampoule|ˈæmpuːl|
var. of ampul. Also ampule. a. A small sealed (glass) vessel used for storing sterilized materials prepared for injection. b. A similar vessel or phial containing other materials.
[1644Evelyn Diary (1827) I. 108 The Monkes shew'd us the Holy Ampoule. 1750Carte Hist. Eng. II. 643 The vial or ampoulle kept at Reims.] [1886S. Limousin in Archives de Pharmacie I. 145 (title) Ampoules hypodermiques; nouveau mode de préparation des solutions pour les injections hypodermiques.] 1907Chemist & Druggist 1 June 843/2 The method of storing hypodermic and other liquids in closed glass bulbs or ampoules has long been in vogue in France. 1909Ibid. 30 Jan. 169/1 M. Limousin..introduced the ampoule as a convenient method of preserving hypodermics. 1909Lancet 8 May 1365/2 An ampoule filler. 1922Nature CIX. 252/1 An apparatus for the routine standardisation of ampoules containing radium compounds and emanation by the γ-ray ionisation method was installed recently at the Institut Curie. 1930Discovery Sept. 290/2 [A] device for detecting carbon monoxide [in mines]. This consists of an easily crushed cotton-covered ampoule filled with a solution which changes colour when exposed to air containing carbon monoxide. 1937Nature 27 Feb. 380/1 Anahaemin..is issued as a solution in ampoules and rubber-capped vials. 1945Times 7 Aug. 10/2 Special ampoules for time fuses. 1947J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus xix. 239 A little ampule [containing poison] to wear around his neck. 1959Observer 3 May 4/6 Messengers scurried in every direction to retrieve the condemned ampoules [of polio vaccine].
Add: Hence ˈampoule v. trans., to put into or store in an ampoule; ˈampouled ppl. a.
1946Nature 5 Oct. 487/1 The rabbit anti-sera..had been Seitz-filtered through E.K. pads, ampouled and stored at 5°C. 1969Indian Vet. Jrnl. XLVI. 877 Dehydrated semen extenders..and liquid but ampouled extender..were recommended on the basis of their preservability of bovine spermatozoa. 1977Lancet 17 Dec. 1281/1 The two reference thromboplastins 67/40 and 68/434 were freeze dried and ampouled. 1992Thrombosis & Haemostasis LXVII. 424 An international collaborative study was undertaken to establish the potency and stability of an ampouled pure α-thrombin preparation. |