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Webster 1913 Edition
Syringe
Syr′inge
,Noun.
[F.
seringue
(cf. Pr. siringua
, Sp. jeringa
, It. sciringa
, scilinga
), fg. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], 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
.Syr′inge
,Verb.
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 vein2.
To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
Webster 1828 Edition
Syringe
SYRINGE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Syringe
syringe
syringe
See also: Syringe
English
syringe with hypodermic needle
Noun
syringe (plural syringes)
- A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
- 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.
Usage notes
- Syringe mostly refers specifically to medical devices for injecting drugs into a human body or drawing blood from one (or other human fluids), but the broader definition sees occasional use, particularly in specialized fields.
Translations
a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane
hypodermic syringe
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See also
Verb
syringe (third-person singular simple present syringes, present participle syringing, simple past and past participle syringed)
Translations
to inject fluid by means of a syringe
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