syringe

noun

/sɪˈrɪndʒ/

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(also hypodermic, hypodermic syringe)
a plastic or glass tube with a long hollow needle that is used for putting drugs, etc. into a person’s body or for taking a small amount of blood from a person
- a beach scattered with used syringes
Topics Scientific researchc2, Medicinec2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- clean
- sterile
- contaminated
- …
verb + syringe
- fill
- prepare
- draw something into
- …
syringe + noun
- exchange
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a plastic or glass tube with a rubber part at the end, used for taking liquid in and then pushing it out

Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin syringa, from syrinx, from Greek surinx ‘pipe, channel’.

verb

/sɪˈrɪndʒ/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they syringe	/sɪˈrɪndʒ/ /sɪˈrɪndʒ/
he / she / it syringes	/sɪˈrɪndʒɪz/ /sɪˈrɪndʒɪz/
past simple syringed	/sɪˈrɪndʒd/ /sɪˈrɪndʒd/
past participle syringed	/sɪˈrɪndʒd/ /sɪˈrɪndʒd/
-ing form syringing	/sɪˈrɪndʒɪŋ/ /sɪˈrɪndʒɪŋ/

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syringe something to clean somebody’s ear, a wound, etc. by spraying liquid into it with a syringe
- I had my ears syringed.
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin syringa, from syrinx, from Greek surinx ‘pipe, channel’.