eye dropper
She carefully uses an eye dropper to add a single drop of blue liquid to a small glass vial.
Noun: A small, slender tube, typically made of glass or plastic, with a rubber bulb at one end. It is used to draw up a small quantity of liquid and then release it in controlled, individual drops.
An eye dropper is a tool for precise liquid handling. It is primarily used to administer small, measured amounts of liquid, most commonly eye medication, but also for other delicate tasks.
- The pharmacist recommended using an eye dropper to apply the antibiotic drops.
- For the science experiment, she carefully added the dye one drop at a time with an eye dropper.
- He cleaned the eye dropper thoroughly after each use to prevent contamination.
- "Medicine dropper" or "dropper": These are common synonyms, though "eye dropper" specifies its most frequent medical use. In many contexts, simply "dropper" is understood.
- The recipe calls for a dropper full of vanilla extract.
- Dropper (noun): A more general term for the same device.
- Pipette (noun): A laboratory instrument for measuring and transferring small volumes of liquid; a more precise and technical tool similar in function.
- Medicine dropper
- Dropper
- Pipette (in specific contexts)
The term specifically refers to the simple tube-and-bulb device. While "pipette" is a related laboratory tool, an "eye dropper" is generally a simpler, less precise instrument intended for general-purpose or medicinal use.
She carefully uses an eye dropper to add a single drop of blue liquid to a small glass vial.
- pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time
- she used an eye dropper to administer medication to the eyes