Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for a collapsible tube having an attached hypodermic needle containing a single dose of medicine.
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- proper noun trademark A
collapsible tube with ahypodermic needle containing a singledose of amedicine .
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Examples
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I ran over to his body, ready to jab a Syrette of morphine into what was left of him -- if he wasn't already dead.
Bravo-Two-Zero McNab, Andy 1993
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The squad medic carried a full medical kit, and each rifleman had his own morphine Syrette and a plastic bottle of IV fluids for use as a blood-expander.
Clear and Present Danger Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1989
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The medic's frown indicated that he had given up hope of rescue on this day, but a scream from Savage drew his attention to that direction, and at Captain Grant's command he administered the Syrette, breaking off the tip professionally and inserting the needle deep in a blood vessel of the left arm.
Space Michener, James 1982
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