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
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
The hollow hypodermic needles typically used to deliver vaccines depend on positive pressure.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 18, 2022
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
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