syringe

From French seringue, from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of syrinx.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒ/, /ˈsɪɹɪn(d)ʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈɹɪnd͡ʒ/, /ˈsɪɹɪnd͡ʒ/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ
• Hyphenation: sy‧ringe

syringe (plural syringes)

1. A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
   • 2013 January 2, Lisa Selin Davis, “Is the Medical Community Failing Breastfeeding Moms?”, in Time‎^[1]:

     In Kelly’s case, once the baby was admitted to the hospital, she began to use formula, fed through a syringe—she was told to avoid bottles because the baby would reject the breast.

2. A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

• Syringe mostly refers specifically to medical devices for injecting drugs into a human body or drawing blood from one (or other human fluids), but the broader definition sees occasional use, particularly in specialized fields.

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• inject
• intravenous
• needle
• shoot up

syringe (third-person singular simple present syringes, present participle syringing, simple past and past participle syringed)

1. To clean or rinse by means of a syringe.

   Have your ears syringed! They're so dirty!

2. To inject by means of a syringe.

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• Rigneys, Yingers, reysing

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [syːˈrɪŋ.ɡɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [siˈrin̠ʲ.d͡ʒe]
• Homophone: Sȳringe

sȳringe f

1. ablative singular of sȳrinx

sȳringe

1. inflection of sȳring:
   1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural