a small container, usually made of glass, containing a drug that will be used for an injection 安瓿(装针剂的小玻璃瓶) The drugs stolen include an ampoule of adrenaline which could kill if injected. 被盗的药物包括一安瓿肾上腺素,如果注射会致命。
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, from Latin ampulla, diminutive of ampora, variant of amphora, from Greek amphoreus, or from French amphore.