bulb syringe
- noun
- /bʌlb sɪˈrɪndʒ/
- Specialized
:
jeringa de bulbo
- You can use a bulb syringe to gently clear mucus from your baby's nose.
- use a bulb syringe
- bulb syringe for the nose
Examples
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Primary care physicians often believe that rinsing the ear canal with a bulb syringe is an effective technique, but this can be a dangerous and painful procedure.
Academic text (2006) -
But he'd sold the stores last year to a southeastern chain; not to be incorporated into the chain, but simply to be eliminated, so that anyone needing a bulb syringe would have to get in the car and drive five miles to the warehouse-sized discount drug palace.
Fiction book (1991) -
Put 2-3 drops in each nostril and use a bulb syringe or a BabyComfyNose Nasal Aspirator to suction out the saline and mucus.
Blog text (28) -
After applying saline drops, use a bulb syringe to help relieve your child's nasal congestion.
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The doctor recommended a bulb syringe for safely removing fluid from the ears during the check-up.
Synonyms
A small rubber bulb and tip for gently washing or removing mucus from the nose
A small device that removes mucus from a baby's nose
How Portable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'bulb syringe' transparently combines 'bulb' (a rounded swelling or bulb-shaped part) with 'syringe' (a medical tool with a plunger), so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a syringe incorporating a bulb used to suction or introduce fluids. This is a literal, descriptive noun–noun compound following regular English composition patterns, making the meaning predictable for B1 learners.
Etymology
The noun bulb syringe comes from how the tool looks and works: a soft rubber bulb and a narrow syringe tip. You squeeze the bulb, put the tip in the nose or ear, then release to 'suck' fluids out or squeeze again to 'push' water in, so the name reminds us it moves liquid in or out.