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syringe |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 {Garden syringe}. See {Garden}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: syringe n : a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids v 1: spray or irrigate with a syringe, as part of the body 2: irrigate or spray with or as if with a syringe; plants"
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