1. A hermetically sealed small bulbous glass vessel that is used to hold a solution for hypodermic injection
2. A vial resembling an ampoule

ETYM Old Eng.; akin to OD. bluyster, from the same root as blast, bladder, blow. Related to Blow to eject wind.
(Pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid; SYN. bulla, bleb.
1. An elevation of the epidermis containing watery liquid.
2. An enclosed raised spot (as in paint) resembling a blister.
3. An agent (as lewisite) that causes blistering.
4. A fungal disease of plants marked by raised patches on the leaves.
5. Any of various structures that bulge out (as a gunner's compartment on a bomber. + prikaži više

A glass bulb containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated; SYN. lightbulb, bulb, incandescent lamp, electric light, electric-light bulb.
Incandescent filament lamp, first demonstrated by Joseph Swan in the UK 1878 and Thomas Edison in the US 1879. The present-day light bulb is a thin glass bulb filled with an inert mixture of nitrogen and argon gas. It contains a filament made of fine tungsten wire. When electricity is passed through the wire, it glows white hot, producing light. + prikaži više

ETYM French pompeux, Latin pomposus. Related to Pomp.
1. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious.
2. (Obsolete) Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent.