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💉 A needleless injector 💉 To inject without needle
hypospray

hypospray

6 9.7
A handheld device that injects medicine through the skin without a needle
  • noun
  • /ˈhaɪpoʊˌsprɛɪ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hipospray
  • Soran begins to attack the journalist, but before he can do any real damage, Chekov injects Soran with a hypospray and Soran falls unconscious.
  • just a hypospray

Examples

  • INJECTS WITH HYPOSPRAY - What was he talking about?

    Star Trek: Generations (1994)

  • Beverly has just finished giving him an injection with a hypospray.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • As they speak, Beverly pulls out a hypospray and gives everyone injections.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • He washed out the hypospray, returned the guide to the rack, with sudden self-conscious awkwardness.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Beverly begins pulling devices out of her medkit and injects Cochrane with a hypospray.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The doctor efficiently administered the medication using a hypospray for a painless experience.

  • During the emergency, the nurse quickly reached for a hypospray to deliver the pain relief.

  • To help with the injury, the medic used a hypospray to inject the necessary medication.

How Invasive

injection
32 3.0
hypospray
  • Specialized
6 9.7
skin patch
  • Specialized
1 3.7
tablet
53 2.5

Surface Forms

hypospray singular
hyposprays plural

Morphology

hypospray = spray (semi-transparent) = hypo + spray

The form is clearly built from hypo- + spray, but the device sense is specialized and not a fully ordinary everyday combination.

Etymology

Hypospray combines the part hypo- meaning 'under', as in hypodermic, and the word spray, which means 'to send small drops'. So a hypospray is a device that 'sprays' medicine just under the skin without a needle.