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
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.
• 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.
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.
• 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
24 December 2024
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