syringe
Syllables: sy·ringeUK/sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒ//səˈɹɪnd͡ʒ/
syringe noun: a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
Noun
syringe (plural syringes)
- A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
- In Kelly’s case, once the baby was admitted to the hospital, she began to use formula, fed through a syringe—she was told to avoid bottles because the baby would reject the breast.2013 January 2, Lisa Selin Davis, “Is the Medical Community Failing Breastfeeding Moms?”, in Time, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2022
- A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.
- an ear syringe
Verb
syringe (third-person singular simple present syringes, present participle syringing, simple past and past participle syringed)
- To clean or rinse by means of a syringe.
- Have your ears syringed! They're so dirty!
- To inject by means of a syringe.
syringe meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
syringe in Hindi
- hypodermic syringe
- सुई suī, सिरिंज siriñj
syringe in Tamil
- hypodermic syringe
- மருந்தூசி maruntūci
syringe in Marathi
- सिरिंज, सिरींज
syringe in Urdu
- hypodermic syringe
- مِحْقَنَہ mihqana, سِرِنْج sirinj
More languagesFewer languages
- syringe in Bengali
- সিরিঞ্জ śirinjo
- syringe in Telugu
- శృంగము śr̥ṅgamu
- syringe in Malayalam
- സിറിഞ്ചു് siṟiñcŭ
- syringe in Kannada
- ಸಿರಿಂಜ್ siriñj
- syringe in Punjabi
- ਸਰਿੰਜ, ਸਿਰਿੰਜ, ਸਰਿੰਜ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- syringe in Gujarati
- સિરિંજ siriñj
- syringe in Odia
- ସିରିଞ୍ଜ୍, ସିରିଞ୍ଜ, ସିରିଞ୍ଜ୍ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
- syringe in Nepali
- सिरिन्ज, सिरिंज, सिरिन्ज गर्न
- syringe in Pashto
- پېچکاري pečkārī
- syringe in Tagalog
- panturok, hiringgilya
- syringe in Arabic
- حُقْنَة ḥuqna, مِحْقَنَة miḥqana
- syringe in Malay
- picagari
- syringe in Indonesian
- sepuit, semprotan
- syringe in Thai
- เข็มฉีดยา kěm-chìit-yaa-chaa, กระบอกฉีดยา grà-bɔ̀ɔk-chìit-yaa
- syringe in Vietnamese
- xi-lanh, xi lanh, ống chích, bơm tiêm
- syringe in Myanmar
- ပြွတ် prwat
Examples of syringe in a sentence
- This plastic syringe delivers one cc of medicine to the mouth of the animal. The medicine is peanut-flavored.
- Even when he delivered them to the biotech altar—warp speed syringe in hand—they thanked him.
- After a second, the teen redrew the plunger and the syringe turned red with his blood.
Forms of syringe
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | syringes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | syringes |
| present participle | syringing |
| past participle | syringed |
| past | syringed |
Origin of syringe
From Middle French syringe (“syringe”), from Latin sȳringem, accusative of sȳrinx (“reed, panpipe”), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of syrinx.
Words formed from syringe
Words that rhyme with syringe
Questions about syringe
- What does syringe mean?
- Syringe means a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
- What is syringe in Hindi?
- Syringe in Hindi is सुई (suī), सिरिंज (siriñj). See Syringe meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is syringe?
- Syringe can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce syringe?
- Syringe is pronounced /sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of syringe?
- The plural of syringe is syringes.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: syringe (page history and authors); syringe (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); శృంగము (Telugu) (page history and authors); syringe (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syringe (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syringe (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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