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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle);
[syn: phial, vial, ampule, ampul, ampoule]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

ampule \ampule\ n. 1. a small glass bottle which has been or can be sealed hermetically by application of flame to a narrow opening at the top. Note: aAn ampule usually has a narrow constriction near the top which can be scored and easily broken to open the ampule. Once opened, they cannot be hermetically re-sealed; thus the quantity contained is usually that which is to be used at once or within a short time. The contents are often sealed under vacuum to retard degradation by air. Syn: phial, vial, ampoule [WordNet 1.5] 2. an ampule, or vial resembling an ampule, which contains a drug. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ampule n 1: a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) [syn: phial, vial, ampule, ampul, ampoule]