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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Some feature blue-green or silver-tinged foliage, others lustrous golden needles.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
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In Chicago or Houston, that (investment) is going to move the needle.—
Mark Dee
March 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Senate, with a 38-10 vote, agreed to changes made in the House that include several new restrictions on the state's six syringe exchange programs, which are designed to prevent diseases that would otherwise spread through injection drug use.—
Hayleigh Colombo,
IndyStar,
26 Feb. 2026
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In this line of work, training and experience matter and bad outcomes are more likely when someone with less skill is holding the syringe or laser.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Hypodermic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypodermic. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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