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hypodermic

[hahy-puh-dur-mik] / ˌhaɪ pəˈdɜr mɪk /


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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

You think the Iron Throne is bad, the bassinets in the Seven Kingdoms are probably made out of old razor blades and hypodermic needles.

From Washington Post Sep. 11, 2022

That’s because the physics of a tattoo needle differ greatly from those of a hypodermic needle.

From Science Magazine Mar. 18, 2022

Finally a doctor came, gray-haired, white-coated, spectacled, efficient, serious, taciturn, bearing a tray upon which sat a bottle of mysterious fluid and a hypodermic needle.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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