About The Word Syringe

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Syringe

Syringe Meaning & Definition
Syringe Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Syringe?

[n] a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
[v] irrigate or spray with or as if with a syringe; "plants"
[v] spray or irrigate with a syringe, as part of the body

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See Also | bulb | douche | douche bag | hypo | hypodermic | hypodermic syringe | irrigate | medical instrument | spray | water

Syringe In Webster's Dictionary

\Syr"inge\, n. [F. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, Sp. jeringa, It. sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. ?, ?, 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\, v. 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 vein. 2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.

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