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Syringe
Pronunciation : Syr"inge
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, Sp. jeringa, It. sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. svar to sound, and E. swarum. Cf. Syringa.]
Definition : Defn: 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. Garden syringe. See Garden.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Syr"inge
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein.
2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
t. [imp. & p. p. Syringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Syringing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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