as in needle
a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin
he hardly felt it when the nurse stuck the hypodermic in his arm
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Recent Examples of hypodermic
What is more confronting is that the central character is a girl of 13 who has just been forcibly tattooed by a classmate with a dirty hypodermic.
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 19 May 2025
The syringes of those needles are in turn labelled, so that medical workers can keep track of which medications are in which hypodermics.
—New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 19 May 2025
The syringes of those needles are in turn labelled, so that medical workers can keep track of which medications are in which hypodermics.
—New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypodermic
Noun
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Flowers completely cover the needle-like foliage, carpeting the garden in vibrant pink, purple, and violet-red blooms.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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While Minnesota could use a true point guard to pair next to Edwards, that may not be a big enough needle mover to close what currently resembles a Grand Canyon-sized gap between Minnesota and the conference’s top two teams.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
19 May 2026
Noun
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He was later found to be in possession of a kitchen knife, crack pipe and syringe needle, cops said.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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Testing of the syringe, which had fallen to the ground when Kazmierczak was tackled, showed a mixture of water and apple cider vinegar.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
7 May 2026
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“Hypodermic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypodermic. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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