Syringe

  • 11syringe — syr·inge || sɪrɪndÊ’ n. (Medicine) device used to inject or withdraw fluids from the body; hypodermic syringe v. inject with a syringe; clean by means of an injection with a syringe …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 12syringe — 1. noun /səˈrɪndʒ/ a) A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane. b) A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to… …

    Wiktionary

  • 13syringe — n. a hypodermic syringe * * * [sɪ rɪndʒ] a hypodermic syringe …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 14syringe — sy|ringe1 [sıˈrındʒ] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Medieval Latin; Origin: syringa, from Greek syrinx tube ] an instrument for taking blood from someone s body or putting liquid, drugs etc into it, consisting of a hollow plastic tube and a needle syringe …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15syringe — 1 noun (C) an instrument for taking blood from someone s body or putting liquid, drugs etc into it, consisting of a hollow plastic tube and a needle 2 verb (T) to clean something with a syringe: Get the doctor to syringe your ears …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16syringe — n. & v. n. 1 Med. a a tube with a nozzle and piston or bulb for sucking in and ejecting liquid in a fine stream, used in surgery. b (in full hypodermic syringe) a similar device with a hollow needle for insertion under the skin. 2 any similar… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 17syringe — I. noun Etymology: Middle English syring, from Anglo French siringe, from Medieval Latin syringa, from Late Latin, injection, from Greek syring , syrinx panpipe, tube Date: 14th century a device used to inject fluids into or withdraw them from… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 18syringe — syringeful, adj. /seuh rinj , sir inj/, n., v., syringed, syringing. n. 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… …

    Universalium

  • 19syringe — Synonyms and related words: X ray machine, aerosol, asperge, aspergil, aspergillum, aspirator, atomizer, baptize, bath, bathe, bedew, bedpan, bespatter, besprinkle, catheter, clinical thermometer, clyster, concentrate sprayer, dabble, damp,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20syringe — sy|ringe1 [ sı rındʒ ] noun count a needle fitted to a plastic tube, used for taking blood from your body or for putting medicine or drugs into it syringe sy|ringe 2 [ sı rındʒ ] verb transitive to put liquid into someone s ears using a tube, in… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English