syringe

[ suh-rinj, sir-inj ]

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)

, sy·ringed, sy·ring·ing.

1. to cleanse, wash, inject, etc., by means of a syringe.

syringe

/ sɪˈrɪndʒ; ˈsɪrɪndʒ /

noun

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

verb

1. tr to cleanse, inject, or spray with a syringe

syringe

/ sə-rĭnj′ /

1. 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.

Other Words From

• sy·ringeful adjective
• unsyr·inged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of syringe¹

1375–1425; new singular formed from Late Latin sȳringēs, plural of sȳrinx syrinx; replacing late Middle English syring < Medieval Latin syringa

Word History and Origins

Origin of syringe¹

C15: from Late Latin, from Latin: syrinx

Example Sentences

You had a glass syringe with a steel needle that you sent away to get sharpened and you had to boil them up on the stove, and keep them in a flask.

From BBC

To do this, Letby would have to have taken a syringe and injected the air into the babies’ intravenous lines.

From BBC

The milk was fed to Milo through a syringe, from a bottle which had two labels on it - one for Melissa, and one identifying it as the milk of another mother on the ward.

From BBC

Judge Gary S. Slossberg granted a preliminary injunction to prevent El Dorado County from enforcing an ordinance that makes it unlawful to operate syringe programs in its unincorporated areas.

From Los Angeles Times

“It clearly has a color characteristic of iron contamination,” he said, holding up a syringe of foggy yellow water.

From Seattle Times