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hypodermic syringe
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hypodermic syringe

Instrument used for injecting fluids beneath the skin into either muscles or blood vessels. It consists of a small graduated tube with a close-fitting piston and a nozzle onto which a hollow needle can be fitted.

A needleless syringe was developed by a British firm 1994. It uses compressed gas to fire drugs, in powder form, painlessly through the skin at twice the speed of sound.



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A syringe with a calibrated barrel, plunger, and tip, used with a hypodermic needle for hypodermic injections and for aspiration.
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The confrontation came a day after thousands of Han Chinese took to the streets in Urumqi, which is the regional capital of Xinjiang province, protesting that they were the targets of mysterious attacks with syringes and hypodermic needles.
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After about 15 minutes, they got up to leave, at which point one of the men, thrust a hypodermic needle into the man's thigh before running off.
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