Syringe

//sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.

    "In Kelly’s case, once the baby was admitted to the hospital, she began to use formula, fed through a syringe—she was told to avoid bottles because the baby would reject the breast."

  2. 2
    a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids wordnet
  3. 3
    A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.
Verb
  1. 1
    To clean or rinse by means of a syringe. transitive

    "Have your ears syringed! They're so dirty!"

  2. 2
    spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe wordnet
  3. 3
    To inject by means of a syringe. transitive

Synonyms

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needleaerosolaspergeaspergilaspergillumaspirator

Example

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"I was calm until I saw the syringe!"

Etymology

From Middle French syringe (“syringe”), from Latin sȳringem, accusative of sȳrinx (“reed, panpipe”), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of syrinx.

Related phrases

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