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syringe
(sɪrɪndʒ)
Word forms: plural syringes
countable noun
A syringe is a small tube with a thin hollow needle at the end. Syringes are used for putting liquids into things and for taking liquids out, for example for injecting drugs or for taking blood from someone's body.
syringe in British English
(sɪˈrɪndʒ, ˈsɪrɪndʒ)
noun
1. medicine
an instrument, such as a hypodermic syringe or a rubber ball with a slender nozzle, for use in withdrawing or injecting fluids, cleaning wounds, etc
2.
any similar device for injecting, spraying, or extracting liquids by means of pressure or suction
verb
3. (transitive)
to cleanse, inject, or spray with a syringe
Word origin
C15: from Late Latin, from Latin: syrinxsyringe in American English
(səˈrɪndʒ; ˈsɪrɪndʒ)
noun
1.
a device consisting of a narrow tube fitted at one end with a rubber bulb or piston by means of which a liquid can be drawn in and then ejected in a stream: used to inject fluids into, or extract fluids from, body cavities, to cleanse wounds, etc.
2.
hypodermic syringe
verb transitiveWord forms: syˈringed or syˈringing
3.
to cleanse, inject, etc. by using a syringe
Word origin
ME siringe < ML sirynga < Gr syrinx (gen. syringos), a reed, pipe, prob. < IE base *two-, a tube > Sans tūṇa, a quiversyringe in the Pharmaceutical Industry
(sɪrɪndʒ)
Word forms: (regular plural) syringes
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Devices)
pre-filled syringeA syringe is a small tube with a thin hollow needle at the end. Syringes are used for putting liquids into things and for taking liquids out, for examplefor injecting drugs or for taking blood from someone's body.
Push the needle into the skin and press the plunger of the syringe to inject the vaccine.
Use a sterile needle and syringe for each injection of the drug.
A syringe is a small tube with a thin hollow needle at the end. Syringes are used for putting liquids into things and for taking liquids out, for examplefor injecting drugs or for taking blood from someone's body.
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Medical and surgical instruments and equipmentIn other languagessyringe
British English: syringe /ˈsɪrɪndʒ; sɪˈrɪndʒ/ NOUN
A syringe is a small tube with a fine hollow needle, used for injecting drugs or for taking blood from someone's body.
- American English: syringe
- Arabic: مِحْقَنَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: seringa
- Chinese: 注射器
- Croatian: šprica
- Czech: injekční stříkačka
- Danish: sprøjte
- Dutch: injectiespuit
- European Spanish: jeringuilla
- Finnish: lääkeruisku
- French: seringue
- German: Spritze
- Greek: σύριγγα
- Italian: siringa
- Japanese: 注射器
- Korean: 주사기
- Norwegian: sprøyte
- Polish: strzykawka
- European Portuguese: seringa
- Romanian: seringă
- Russian: шприц
- Latin American Spanish: jeringa
- Swedish: spruta
- Thai: กระบอกฉีด
- Turkish: şırınga
- Ukrainian: шприц
- Vietnamese: ống tiêm
Chinese translation of 'syringe'
syringe
(sɪˈrɪndʒ)
n (c)
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注射器
(zhùshèqì) (支, zhī)