hypodermic
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But the Beauty was originally intended as a commercial product, a “fountain of youth” in hypodermic form, created by immortality-seeking billionaires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Similar to a hypodermic needle, a nematode uses its stylet to pierce cells and pull out food -- in this case from the pseudoscorpion's hypodermis, part of the outer covering known as the integument.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
Unlike a hypodermic needle, a tattoo needle does not inject liquid when it is sunk into the skin.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 18, 2022
Waiting for this moment, the most individual of endings to such a collective experience: an appointment in a plastic chair for a one-on-one encounter with a hypodermic needle.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2021
At the beginning of each day, the nuns at Yambuku Hospital would lay out five hypodermic syringes on a table, and they would use them to give shots to patients all day long.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Vocabulary lists containing hypodermic
Body Language: Derm ("Skin")
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