syringe

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids

Verb (1)

  1. spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Garden syringe. See Garden. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

2.To wash and clean by injection from a syringe. [1913 Webster]

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