syringe
pronunciation
How to pronounce syringe in British English:
UK [sɪˈrɪndʒ]
How to pronounce syringe in American English:
US [səˈrɪndʒ, ˈsɪrɪndʒ]
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- Noun:
- a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
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- Verb:
- spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe
Word Origin
- syringe
- syringe: [15] Syringes get their name from their cylindrical shape. The word comes from late Latin syringa, an alteration of Latin syrinx, which in turn went back to Greek súrigx ‘pipe, shepherd’s pipe’. The stems of both the mock orange shrub and the lilac were used for making such pipes – hence their alternative name syringa [17].=> syringa
- syringe (n.)
- "narrow tube for injecting a stream of liquid," early 15c. (earlier suringa, late 14c.), from Late Latin syringa, from Greek syringa, accusative of syrinx "tube, hole, channel, shepherd's pipe," related to syrizein "to pipe, whistle, hiss," from PIE root *swer- (see susurration). Originally a catheter for irrigating wounds; the application to hypodermic needles is from 1884. Related: Syringeal.
Example
- 1. Research nurse drawing swine flu vaccine into syringe .
- 2. If necessary , suction off the droplets using an eyedropper or syringe .
- 3. Eg. he boiled his syringe and fired his knife to sterilize them .
- 4. If possible , use the syringe or dropper that comes with the medicine .
- 5. Nearly a month later , mr wang was detained when leaving hospital along with two other protesters ( including the man with the syringe ) .