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sy·ringe
syringe
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- pronunciation:
- sr
Inj
[or]
si
rihnj
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb & intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a small tube, usu. fitted with a piston or bulb, for drawing in a quantity of fluid and pumping it through a small aperture or ejecting it in a stream.
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definition 2: |
such a device attached to a hollow pointed needle and used medically to draw out measured quantities of body fluids or to inject drugs or the like; hypodermic syringe.
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part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
inflections: |
syringes, syringing, syringed |
definition: |
to wash, collect, or inject using a syringe.
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