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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sy•ringe /səˈrɪndʒ, ˈsɪrɪndʒ/USA pronunciation n., v., -ringed, -ring•ing. n. [countable] - Medicinea small tube with a narrow opening and a rubber bulb or other device for drawing in or squirting out fluid, esp. through a needle:the importance of clean syringes.
- any similar device for pumping and spraying liquids through a small opening.
v. [~ + object] - Medicineto cleanse, wash, inject, etc., by means of a syringe.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sy•ringe (sə rinj′, sir′inj),USA pronunciation n., v., -ringed, -ring•ing. n. - Medicinea small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
- any similar device for pumping and spraying liquids through a small aperture.
v.t. - Medicineto cleanse, wash, inject, etc., by means of a syringe.
- Medieval Latin syringa
- 1375–1425; new singular formed from Late Latin sȳringēs, plural of sȳrinx syrinx; replacing late Middle English syring
sy•ringe′ful, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: syringe /ˈsɪrɪndʒ; sɪˈrɪndʒ/ n - an instrument, such as a hypodermic syringe or a rubber ball with a slender nozzle, for use in withdrawing or injecting fluids, cleaning wounds, etc
- any similar device for injecting, spraying, or extracting liquids by means of pressure or suction
vb - (transitive) to cleanse, inject, or spray with a syringe
Etymology: 15th Century: from Late Latin, from Latin: syrinx |