SYRINGE

syringe

(noun) a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids

syringe

(verb) spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

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.

Verb

syringe (third-person singular simple present syringes, present participle syringing, simple past and past participle syringed)

To clean, or inject fluid, by means of a syringe.

Anagrams

• Rigneys, Yingers, reysing

Source: Wiktionary

Syr"inge, n. Etym: [F. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, Sp. jeringa, It. sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. svar to sound, and E. swarum. Cf. Syringa.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition