Pipette n. A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities.
... its place. But, squeamish as I may seem, I cannot bring myself to describe what I could not endure even to continue watching. Let it suffice to say, blood obtained from a still living animal, in most cases from a human being, was run directly by means of a little pipette into the recipient canal. ... — The War of the Worlds • H. G. Wells
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