Found 2 items, similar to Syringe.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: syringe
syringe
n : a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
v : spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Syringe
Syringe
\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.
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Garden syringe. See
Garden.
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Syringe
\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.
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2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
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