syringe

Meaning

Noun

1. A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
2. 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.

Verb

1. To clean or rinse by means of a syringe.
2. To inject by means of a syringe.

Synonyms

squirt

hypodermic syringe

needle

injector

sprayer

injection

inspirator

pump

spray

force out

gun

🔫

hypodermic

inject

irrigator

play

scooter

squeeze out

squish

tube

washer

injection needle

clyster-pipe

flusher

ejector priming

injection tube

irrigation syringe

jet eductor

ejector jet pump

an

injection syringe

bilge pump

clyster

cylinder

douche

dropper

eject

ejector

enema

Hyphenated as

sy‧ringe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒ/

Etymology

From French seringue, from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of syrinx.