Definition of syringe Syringe

/sɚɪˈnʤ/ - [serinj] - sy•ringe

We found 12 definitions of syringe from 6 different sources.

What does syringe mean?

Noun Plural: syringes
syringe - a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
		medical instrument instrument used in the practice of medicine
		bulb a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end); "the bulb of a syringe"
		douche bag, douche irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents
Verb syringes, syringing, syringed
syringe - spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe
		spray scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"

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syringe (Noun)
A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
syringe (Noun)
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 .
syringe (Verb)
To clean or inject fluid by means of a syringe.

syringe (n.)
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.
syringe (v. t.)
To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein.
syringe (v. t.)
To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.

syringe
sir′inj, n. a portable hydraulic instrument of the pump kind, used to draw in a quantity of liquid and eject it forcibly: a tube used by surgeons for injecting, &c.—v.t. to inject or clean with a syringe. [L. syrinx, (gen.) syringos—Gr. syringx, a reed.]