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Meanings of hypodermic in English

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xeringa hipodèrmica

A piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections.

xeringa hipodèrmica

Relating to or located below the epidermis.

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Usage of hypodermic in English
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He called it 'gear' and referred to the hypodermic as a 'spike'.
Naomi’s Room
2
Hand already inside his breast pocket, he came back with the hypodermic.
The missing
3
An hour later he emerged with a hypodermic syringe in his hand.
Gladiator
4
As I said, both parties bore the mark of a hypodermic syringe.
Crooked little vein
5
The thing in his fist was silver and sharp, a hypodermic needle.
Measure for a Loner
6
Her specialty is sharp pointed instruments: hypodermic needles, knives, scalpels, and whatnot.
Death angel
7
Shots-shots from the hypodermic needle that we used to inject the morphine.
Fifteen Years with the Outcast
8
Killheffer reached into his jacket pocket and brought forth a hypodermic needle.
Stories: all-new tales
9
The hypodermic's sticking out of it, empty, plunger all the way down.
Beat the reaper: a novel
10
Cap back on the needle, the hypodermic tucked back inside his pocket.
The missing
11
A. No,-noinanimate object other than the hypodermic syringe already referred to.
The Darrow Enigma
12
Perhaps they happened to find out something, and were given a hypodermic.
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
13
The addict nodded dumbly and pulled a hypodermic needle from his pocket.
One night stands & lost weekends
14
It is a plastic device that looks like a 6-inch hypodermic needle.
The new yorker
15
A sharp, bearded face shot into focus abruptly, waving a hypodermic needle.
Far from Home
16
No champagne, no caviar, and no incriminating hypodermic syringes full of dope.
Under orders
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