syringe
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3.6
- noun
- /səˈrɪndʒ/
- Specialized
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jeringa
- The syringe pump has run out of stuff and a runner has gone to get a new syringe of Diprovan.
- needles and syringes
- use a syringe
- disposable syringes
Obviously, I do not need a huge syringe full of blood.
- Obviously, I do not need a huge syringe full of blood.
- So we have we have like a syringe in here.
- But you can just do that at home with syringes.
- It's a very different thing to get the vaccine out of that tube into a syringe, into somebody's arm.
- She had the morphing thing in her leg though, the syringe.
Examples
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The catheter was connected to a 1 ml syringe filled with the cement.
Academic text (1998) -
I reached into my pack again and took out the syringe and the cow medicine.
Fiction book (1992) -
Obviously, I do not need a huge syringe full of blood.
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So you can just stick your syringe right in the side there and just give them a little bit of water just like that.
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So I transfer my mix into a syringe as well for easy application.
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So you get the vial, this is what it looks like and you need a syringe to take it out.
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It's a very different thing to get the vaccine out of that tube into a syringe, into somebody's arm.
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Paddy disappeared into the second room and came back with a syringe full of chocolate-looking medicine.
Fiction book (1992) -
Grimly, Eric takes a syringe and begins to draw blood from the late Funboy.
Fiction book (1994) -
The nurse filled the syringe with the medication before injecting it into the patient.
Synonyms
5
5.5
A syringe with a hollow needle for injecting medicine under the skin
1
9.9
A small tube nurses or medics use to give one injection of medicine in emergencies
1
4.9
A small tube with a thin needle used to put medicine under the skin
1
9.9
A syringe with a needle used to give injections
A small rubber device used to suck liquid from or put liquid into the nose and ear
A small rubber bulb and tip for gently washing or removing mucus from the nose
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.9
A small tube with a thin needle used to put medicine under the skin
- Specialized
A small rubber device used to suck liquid from or put liquid into the nose and ear
- Specialized
A small rubber bulb and tip for gently washing or removing mucus from the nose
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Syringe comes from the Greek word syrinx, which means 'tube' or 'pipe'. So imagine a hollow tube, like a straw or the body of a flute, that can push or pull liquid, and you can see why a syringe is a small tube with a plunger used to inject or draw fluids.