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SYRINGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("syringe" is a kind of...):

medical instrument (instrument used in the practice of medicine)

Meronyms (parts of "syringe"):

bulb (a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "syringe"):

douche; douche bag (a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas)

hypo; hypodermic; hypodermic syringe (a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections)

Derivation:

syringe (spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "syringe" is one way to...):

spray (scatter in a mass or jet of droplets)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

syringe (a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids)

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 Context examples: 

Procedure using a thin needle and syringe to remove bodily fluid or tissue from the breast.

(Aspiration of Breast, NCI Thesaurus)

Procedure using suction, usually with a thin needle and syringe, to remove bodily fluid or tissue.

(Aspiration, NCI Thesaurus)

A litter of pipes, tobacco-pouches, syringes, penknives, revolver-cartridges, and other débris was scattered over it.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The syringe is then removed and the needle is rotated to remove a sample of the bone and the bone marrow.

(Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, NCI Dictionary)

A container consisting of a cylinder with a septum at one end, and a seal at the other end, which is inserted into a device to form a syringe which contains a single dose of a parenteral drug product.

(Cartridge, NCI Thesaurus)

A container of a sterile preparation whose contents are intended for use in a pharmacy admixture program and are restricted to the preparation of admixtures for infusion or, through a sterile transfer device, for the filling of empty sterile syringes.

(Pharmacy Bulk Vial, NCI Thesaurus)

Among the items analysed in the study were plastic syringes and tubes for the intravenous administration of fluids or parenteral nutrition; plastic nasogastric and enteral feeding tubes; oxygen masks and endotracheal tubes; and a wide range of cardiopulmonary bypass circuits, dressings, bandages, and electrodes.

(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)

A long, hollow needle with a tapered cutting edge on one end and a handle with a place to attach a syringe on the other end.

(Jamshidi needle, NCI Dictionary)

I walked into the doctor’s yard this morning, and shot my syringe full of aniseed over the hind wheel.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was horrified by my first glimpse of Holmes next morning, for he sat by the fire holding his tiny hypodermic syringe.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)