noun / verb
syringe
suh-RINJ/sɪˈrɪndʒ/
A device for drawing in or pushing out fluid through a needle or nozzle, or using such a device.
The syringe has a transparent barrel, a plunger, and a fine needle.
Etymology
Greek syrinx named a tube or pipe. The medical instrument carries forward that tubular shape: it was a narrow device for drawing liquid in and squirting it out, originally used to irrigate wounds.
In context
put ozone gas into a syringe put the little tip down in the hole and blast that bone full of ozone
More examples
- The clinician syringed the area.
- Several syringes lay in the tray.
- She is syringing the model during training.
Forms
syringe · syringes · syringed · syringing
Similar words
- injector
- A device that introduces material rather than also drawing it out.
- pipette
- Transfers liquid with a different design and usual purpose.