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syringe

sy·ringe
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suh-rinj, sir-inj]
    • /səˈrɪndʒ, ˈsɪr ɪndʒ/
    • /sɪˈrɪndʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-rinj, sir-inj]
    • /səˈrɪndʒ, ˈsɪr ɪndʒ/

Definitions of syringe word

  • noun syringe a small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc. 1
  • noun syringe any similar device for pumping and spraying liquids through a small aperture. 1
  • verb with object syringe to cleanse, wash, inject, etc., by means of a syringe. 1
  • noun syringe instrument: for injecting fluid 1
  • noun syringe instrument: for removing fluid 1
  • transitive verb syringe clean with a syringe 1
See all 14 definitions of syringe

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Origin of syringe

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; new singular formed from Late Latin sȳringēs, plural of sȳrinx syrinx; replacing late Middle English syring < Medieval Latin syringa

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Parts of speech for Syringe

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Syringe

syringe popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

syringe usage trend in Literature

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  • bone-marrow transplant

    Surgery. a technique in which a small amount of bone marrow is withdrawn by a syringe from a donor's pelvic bone and injected into a patient whose ability to make new blood cells has been impaired by a disease, as anemia or cancer, or by exposure to radiation.

  • cookie press

    a device, operating in a manner similar to that of a syringe, in which dough is inserted in a chamber and extruded, by means of a plunger, through one of a number of interchangeable dies to form a shaped cylinder that is sliced into individual cookies.

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