Definition of "hypodermic needle" [hyp•o•der•mic need•le]

• A hollow needle used with a hypodermic syringe. (noun)
• A hypodermic syringe including the needle. (noun)

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• "But before I could finish, Dr. Carrini pulled a hypodermic needle out of his chest pocket and violently jabbed it into my arm."
• "Shrugging, Ferrel stepped back — and brought the hypodermic needle up incon­spicuously in line with the guard's face."
• "The decisive end of the hypodermic needle model resulted serendipitously from a classic study of the 1940 presidential election in Erie County, Ohio Lazarsfeld et al., 1944."