syringe

(sə rinj, sirinj)

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

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

transitive verb syringed, syringing

to cleanse, inject, etc. by using a syringe

See syringe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English syryng

Origin: , from Medieval Latin sȳringa

Origin: , from Late Latin, injection

Origin: , from Greek sūrinx, sūring-, shepherd's pipe

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