Syringe

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Syringe \Syr"inge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Syringed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Syringing}.]
     1. To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water
        into a vein.
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     2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Syringe \Syr"inge\, n. [F. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, Sp.
     jeringa, It. sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. ?, ?, a pipe or
     tube; cf. Skr. svar to sound, and E. swarum. Cf. {Syringa}.]
     A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or
     for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small
     cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic
     material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is
     sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for
     injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Garden syringe}. See {Garden}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  syringe
       n : a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
       v : spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  118 Moby Thesaurus words for "syringe":
     X-ray machine, aerosol, asperge, aspergil, aspergillum, aspirator,
     atomizer, baptize, bath, bathe, bedew, bedpan, bespatter,
     besprinkle, catheter, clinical thermometer, clyster,
     concentrate sprayer, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dew,
     diathermy machine, douche, drain, electrocardiograph,
     electroencephalograph, enema, flush, flush out, forceps,
     fountain syringe, gargle, heat lamp, hemostat, holystone, hose,
     hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, hypo, hypodermic,
     hypodermic needle, irrigate, lance, lancet, lather, launder, lave,
     manometer, mechanical heart, microscope, mist concentrate sprayer,
     moisten, mop, mop up, needle, needle bath, nozzle, otoscope,
     paddle, pneumatograph, pneumatometer, probe, pus basin, rinse,
     rinse out, ritually immerse, scalpel, scour, scrub, scrub up,
     shampoo, shower, shower bath, shower head, slobber, slop, slosh,
     sluice, sluice out, soap, sound, sparge, sparger, spatter,
     speculum, spirometer, splash, splatter, splint, sponge, spray,
     spray can, sprayer, sprinkle, sprinkler, sprinkler head,
     sprinkling system, stethoscope, suture, swab, swash, toivel,
     trepan, trephine, tub, wash, wash out, wash up, water, watercart,
     watering can, watering pot, wet, wet down