AUTOINJECTOR

autoinjector

(noun) a hypodermic syringe to use in injecting yourself with a liquid; “United States troops now carry atropine and autoinjectors in their first-aid kits to use in case of organophosphate nerve agent poisoning”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

autoinjector (plural autoinjectors)

A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.

Hyponyms

• epipen

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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