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

Translations

siringa

💉

Spritze

💉

seringue

💉

jeringa

💉

injectiespuit

💉

şırınga

💉

spuit

seringa

💉

xeringa

💉

σύριγγα

jeringuilla

💉

enjektör

seringuer

💉

siringare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒ/

Etymology

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