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syringe definition

sy·ringe (sə rinj′, sir′inj)

noun

  1. a device consisting of a narrow tube fitted at one end with a rubber bulb or piston by means of which a liquid can be drawn in and then ejected in a stream: used to inject fluids into, or extract fluids from, body cavities, to cleanse wounds, etc.
  2. hypodermic syringe

Etymology: ME siringe < ML sirynga < Gr syrinx (gen. syringos), a reed, pipe, prob. < IE base *two-, a tube > Sans tūṇa, a quiver

transitive verb syringed -·ringed′, syringing -·ring′·ing

to cleanse, inject, etc. by using a syringe

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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