as in needles
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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This clean, woody scent captures the essence of pine needles, sap, holly, cedar wood, and frosted balsam.—
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Boston Public Health Commissioner Bisola Ojikutu said last month that the city hands out more than 80,000 needles per month to drug users, as part of its harm reduction approach.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Hypodermics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypodermics. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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