syringes
Syllables: sy·ring·es/sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒɪz/US/səˈɹɪnd͡ʒɪz/
syringes is the plural of syringe.
syringes is the plural of syrinx.
Meaning of syringe
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
Meaning of syrinx
Noun
syrinx (plural syrinxes or syringes)
- A set of panpipes.
- [T]he Syrinx might give occaſion to the bagpipe, by leading the vvay to its invention; for it vvas certainly very natural, both for eaſe in playing, and for the ſaving of breath, and even for the health and ſafety of the performer's lungs, to contrive a method of conveying vvind to the ſeveral...1754 March 25 (date written), Paul Gemsage, “[Further Remarks on the Antient Syrinx]”, in Sylvanus Urban [pseudonym; Edward Cave], editor, The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, volume...
- Chiefly in the plural: a narrow channel cut in rock, especially in Ancient Egyptian burial chambers.
- And novv vvhen the people of all ſorts came flocking to the Court, in a tumultuous manner, Agathocles [grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse], taking the King vvith him, vvent and hid himſelf, in a place called Syringes, vvhich vvas a gallery or vvalk, vvhich had every vvay three vvalls and gates to...1658, James Ussher, “The Sixth Age of the World. [The Macedonian Empire.]”, in The Annals of the World. […], London: […] E[van] Tyler, for J[ohn] Crook, […], and for G[abriel] Bedell, […], →OCLC...
- Any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body, especially a rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity in the brain stem or within the spinal cord.
- The division of fluid-filled cavities, or syrinxes, into those lined with ependyma (hydromyelia) and those not so lined (syringomyelia) is probably somewhat artificial.1989, Margaret M[iriam] Esiri, D. R. Oppenheimer, “The Cut-up”, in Diagnostic Neuropathology: A Practical Manual, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Blackwell Scientific Publications, →ISBN, page 32, column 2
- The voice organ in birds, located at or near where the trachea and the bronchi join.
- This tube is named the Windpipe, Trachea, or Aspera-arteria; […] its lower extremity, or the part at which it bifurcates, is the Lower Larynx, or the Syrinx. Besides acting as a pipe to the lungs, it is also the organ of the voice, the air in passing through it causing its membranes so to vibrate...1839, William MacGillivray, “Practical Ornithology. Fifth Lesson.”, in A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: […], volume II (Cantatores, Songsters), London: […] [W. Burness] for...
- Synonyms:
- lower larynx
Origin of syringes
See syringe.
Learned borrowing from Latin sȳringes.
Phrases with syringes
Questions about syringes
- What is syringes the plural of?
- Syringes is the plural of syringe.
- How do you pronounce syringes?
- Syringes is pronounced /sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒɪz/ (UK).
Words near syringes in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: syringes (page history and authors); syringe (page history and authors); syrinx (page history and authors). 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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