sy·ringe

[suh-rinj, sir-inj] noun, verb, sy·ringed, sy·ring·ing.
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 Late Latin sȳringēs, plural of sȳrinx syrinx; replacing late Middle English syring < Medieval Latin syringa

Related forms
sy·ringe·ful, adjective
un·syr·inged, adjective
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syringe (ˈsɪrɪndʒ, sɪˈrɪndʒ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  med an instrument, such as a hypodermic syringe or a rubber ball with a slender nozzle, for use in withdrawing or injecting fluids, cleaning wounds, etc
2.  any similar device for injecting, spraying, or extracting liquids by means of pressure or suction
 
—vb
3.  (tr) to cleanse, inject, or spray with a syringe
 
[C15: from Late Latin, from Latin: syrinx]

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Word Origin & History

syringe
early 15c., 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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Medical Dictionary

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.

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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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Example sentences
Used surgical gloves, syringe wrappers and paper scraps had collected along the
  walls during the night.
The voltage difference causes a jet of the solution to stream from syringe to
  electrode.
The tip of his hot soldering iron happened to touch the needle of a syringe
  charged with ink.
Injected into target wrinkles with needle and syringe.
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