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;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Garden syringe. See Garden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
syringe
n 1: a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
v 1: spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe