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needleful

1 7.8

A small amount of liquid that fills a needle for an injection

noun
/ˈniːdlfəl/

: carga de aguja

She filled the syringe with a needleful of medicine.

Examples

The nurse prepared a needleful of vaccine for the patient's injection.
She carefully measured a needleful of insulin for her morning injection.
The doctor prepared a needleful of anesthetic before starting the procedure.
After drawing a needleful of blood, the nurse labeled the sample for testing.
Can you measure a needleful of liquid for the injection?
He carefully filled the needleful with the medication before administering it.
After gathering the supplies, she loaded a needleful of sedative for the procedure.

Synonyms

dropperful

vsneedleful

Specialized

1 5.6

A small amount of liquid that fills a dropper once

is sized for piercing skin to give injections rather than measuring doses

syringeful

vsneedleful

8.1

An amount of liquid that fills a syringe

is smaller and used to pierce skin to deliver injections

How Much

tablespoon

119 1.0

teaspoon

102 1.0

needleful

1 7.8

drop

304 1.0

Surface Forms

needleful singular

needlefuls plural

Morphology

needleful = needle (transparent) = needle + ful

Formed by the noun 'needle' plus the quantity/measure suffix '-ful' and directly denotes an amount that fills a needle, analogous to 'spoonful' or 'handful'.

Etymology

Needleful is simply needle + -ful, where -ful means 'full'. So it describes 'as much as a needle can hold', like the tiny amount of liquid a doctor draws for an injection.