[suh-rinj, sir-inj] 
noun, verb, -ringed, -ring⋅ing.| 1. | a small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc. |
| 2. | any similar device for pumping and spraying liquids through a small aperture. |
| 3. | to cleanse, wash, inject, etc., by means of a syringe. |
| a small glass piston or barrel syringe having a detachable, hollow needle for use in injecting solutions subcutaneously. |
| sy·ringe (sə-rĭnj', sîr'ĭnj) n.
[Middle English syryng, from Medieval Latin sȳringa, from Late Latin, injection, from Greek sūrinx, sūring-, shepherd's pipe.] |
hypodermic syringe n.
A syringe with a calibrated barrel, plunger, and tip, used with a hypodermic needle for hypodermic injections and for aspiration.
syringe sy·ringe (sə-rĭnj', sēr'ĭnj)
n.
An instrument used to inject fluids into the body or draw them from it.
A hypodermic syringe.
