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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The new users may include people who are afraid of needles, as well as patients who could benefit from existing injections but don’t view their condition as severe enough to warrant a weekly shot.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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Add about 3 to 4 inches of shredded bark, pine needles, or other organic types of mulch.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France titles were fueled by a syringe.—
Mac Engel
January 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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The ruling was followed by a series of similar lawsuits in Chico, Eureka, and Orange County, prompting the passage in 2021 of Assembly Bill 1344, which prevents opponents from suing safe syringe programs in California on the basis of noncompliance with California Environmental Quality Act.—
Albert Chern,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Hypodermic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypodermic. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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