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needleful

needleful

7.8
A small amount of liquid that fills a needle for an injection
  • noun
  • /ˈniːdlfəl/
translation icon : 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
99 1.0
teaspoon
83 1.0
needleful
7.8
drop
349 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.