SYRINGES

SYRINX

syrinx

(noun) the vocal organ of a bird

panpipe, pandean pipe, syrinx

(noun) a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

syringes

plural of syringe

Etymology 2

Noun

syringes

plural of syrinx

Source: Wiktionary

SYRINGE

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