syringe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
  2. verb spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe

WordNet

Syr"inge noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. 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.
Syr"inge transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Syringed ; present participle & verbal noun Syringing
Definitions
  1. To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein.
  2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.

Webster 1913