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Definition: Ampoule |
AmpouleNoun1. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ampoule" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1908. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A small glass or plastic container capable of being sealed so as to preserve its contents in a sterile condition; used principally for containing sterile parenteral solutions (American English: ampule). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AmpouleSynonyms: ampul (n), ampule (n), phial (n), vial (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ampoule |
| Specialty definitions using "ampoule": AMPOULE EXAMINER, AMPOULE FILLER, ampoule filler and sealer, AMPOULE SEALER ♦ CHARGE PREPARATION TECHNICIAN ♦ PHARMACEUTICAL-COMPOUNDING SUPERVISOR. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ampoule": Ampul. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ampoule" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (ampoule, bleb, blister, bulb, vial). |
| "Ampoule" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ampoule" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ampoule | 44 |
ampoule voiture | 4 |
ampoule auto | 4 |
ampoule xenon | 4 |
ampoule moto | 4 |
ampoule h4 | 3 |
ampoule de edison l thomas | 2 |
ampoule plasma | 2 |
ampoule électrique | 2 |
ampoule led | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ampoule"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الأنبولة وعاء زجاجي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ампула (ampul, ampule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 细颈" (Ampul), 安" . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ampule. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ampul (ampule, bulb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ampul (ampule, ampulla, bulb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | suppilonmuotoinen ampulli (flared neck ampoule, funnel ampoule), suppiloampulli (flared neck ampoule, funnel ampoule), suljettu taivekaulainen ampulli (closed ampoule, domed closed ampoule, pre-sealed ampoule with bent neck), nieltävä ampulli (drinkable ampoule, oral intake ampoule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ampoule (ampule, ampulla). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ampulle (ampule, ampulla, phial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φύσιγγα (ampule, cartridge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ampulla (ampul, ampule, bulb, vial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ampolla (ampule, ampulla, bulb, cruet, shell, tank, tube). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | アンド回路 (ambassador, amber, ambiance, ambivalence, ambulance, amp, amphetamine, amplifier, AND circuit, boredom, enfants terribles, impromptu, umber, umbrella cut, umpire, unbalance, unbelievable, unfair, unhappy, unparser, unplayable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | アンプル . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 앰' (Ampul). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ampouleay ampola (a vesicle formed in bark or leaves by a separation and raising of the surface layers, ampule, ampulla, blister, bubble, bulb, bulging, envelope, shell, strand bulging, tank, the distended peridium of the aecidium of rusts, tube). (various references) fiolã (ampulla, phial, vial). (various references) ампула (ampule). (various references) ampolla (a vesicle formed in bark or leaves by a separation and raising of the surface layers, ampule, ampulla, bladder, bleb, bled, blister, blow, bulb, bulla, delamination, envelope, floatness, phial, shell, tank, tube). (various references) ampull. (various references) ampul (bulb, lamp). (various references) ампула (ampule). (various references) Ampun (ampule), ống thuốc tiêm (ampule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ampoule": ampoules. (additional references) | |
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"Ampoule" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amouyel, anpulla, apole, Campoolie, Gampola, Mapole, Napoule. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-m-o-p-u" | |
-1 letter: ampule, pumelo. | |
-2 letters: amole, ample, ampul, loupe, maple, oleum, plume, ulema. | |
-3 letters: alme, aloe, alum, lame, lamp, leap, loam, lope, loup, lump, male, maul, meal, meou, mola, mole, mope, moue, mule, olea, opal, pale, palm, peal, plea, plum, poem, pole, pome, pula, pule, puma. | |
-4 letters: ale, alp, amp, amu, ape, eau, elm, emu, lam. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-m-o-p-u" | |
+1 letter: ampoules. | |
+2 letters: pulmonate. | |
+3 letters: computable, deutoplasm, menopausal, petrolatum, promulgate, propylaeum, pulmonates. | |
+4 letters: blasphemous, deutoplasms, lepromatous, leprosarium, nucleoplasm, pelargonium, petrolatums, promulgated, promulgates, semipopular, supernormal, sympetalous. | |
+5 letters: anemophilous, compoundable, exophthalmus, gamopetalous, incomputable, leprosariums, microcapsule, monadelphous, nucleoplasms, outplacement, pelargoniums, perambulator, pneumatology, pneumococcal, preformulate, rampageously, somatopleure, uncomplacent, unemployable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 70 6F 75 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- .--. --- ..- .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01110000 01101111 01110101 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m p o u l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 0070 006F 0075 006C 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35798281877871 |
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