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sy⋅ringe

  [suh-rinj, sir-inj] noun, verb, -ringed, -ring⋅ing.
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–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cleanse, wash, inject, etc., by means of a syringe.
Origin:
1375–1425; new singular formed from LL sȳringēs, pl. of sȳrinx syrinx; r. late ME syring < ML syringa

Related forms:
sy⋅ringe⋅ful, adjective
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hypodermic syringe

 
–noun
a small glass piston or barrel syringe having a detachable, hollow needle for use in injecting solutions subcutaneously.
Also called syringe.

Origin:
1890–95
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sy·ringe   (sə-rĭnj', sîr'ĭnj)   
n.  
  1. A medical instrument used to inject fluids into the body or draw them from it.
  2. A hypodermic syringe.

[Middle English syryng, from Medieval Latin sȳringa, from Late Latin, injection, from Greek sūrinx, sūring-, shepherd's pipe.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Syringe

Syr"inge\, n. [F. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, Sp. jeringa, It. sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. ?, ?, a pipe or tube; cf. Skr. svar to sound, and E. swarum. Cf. Syringa.] A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc.

Garden syringe. See Garden.

Syringe

Syr"inge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Syringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Syringing.]

1. To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein.

2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
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Language Translation for : syringe
Spanish: jeringa,
German: die Spritze,
Japanese: 注射器
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syringe 
c.1425, from L.L. syringa, from Gk. syringa, acc. of syrinx "tube, hole, channel, shepherd's pipe," related to syrizein "to pipe, whistle, hiss," from PIE base *swer- (see susurration). Originally a catheter for irrigating wounds, the application to hypodermic needles is from 1884.
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Main Entry: sy·ringe
Pronunciation: s&-'rinj also 'sir-inj
Function: noun
: a device used to inject fluids into or withdraw them fromsomething (as the body or its cavities): as a : a device that consists of a nozzle of varying length and a compressible rubber bulb and is used for injection or irrigation syringe> b : an instrument (as for the injection of medicine or the withdrawal of bodily fluids) that consists of a hollow barrel fitted with a plunger and a hollow needle c : a gravity device consisting of a reservoir fitted with a long rubber tube ending with an exchangeable nozzle that is used for irrigation of the vagina or bowel —syringe transitive verb sy·ringed; sy·ring·ing
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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syringe sy·ringe (sə-rĭnj', sēr'ĭnj)
n.

  1. An instrument used to inject fluids into the body or draw them from it.
  2. A hypodermic syringe.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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syringe   (sə-rĭnj')  Pronunciation Key 
A medical instrument used to inject fluids into the body or draw them from it. Syringes have several different forms. Bulb syringes are usually made of rubber and work by squeezing the bulb to expel a fluid from it, as in ear irrigation. Needle syringes have hypodermic needles attached to plastic or glass tubes that contain plungers to create force or suction.
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