as in needles
a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin
doesn't mind getting shots as long as he doesn't catch sight of the hypodermic needle
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needles
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The convenience of oral tablets may matter to patients who sometimes avoid injectables out of aversion to needles.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025 -
Agatha persists, creates, needles.—
Rebecca Morgan Frank
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Hypodermic needles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypodermic%20needles. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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