of a syringe
1syringe — [ sirɛ̃ʒ ] n. f. • « syrinx » 1808; lat. syringæ, syringes; gr. surigx ♦ Archéol. Tombe royale d Égypte pharaonique, creusée dans le roc en forme de galerie. ⇒SYRINX, SYRINGE, subst. fém. A. MUS., rare. Synon. littér. de flûte de Pan (v. flûte1 A …
2Syringe — Syr inge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Syringed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Syringing}.] 1. To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein. [1913 Webster] 2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe. [1913 Webster] …
3Syringe Tide — refers to a period during 1987 88 in New Jersey, where significant amounts of medical waste and raw garbage washed up onto a convert|50|mi|km|sing=on stretch of Atlantic Ocean beaches in Jersey Shore communities in Monmouth and Ocean counties.… …
4syringe — [sə rinj′, sir′inj] n. [ME siringe < ML sirynga < Gr syrinx (gen. syringos), a reed, pipe, prob. < IE base * two , a tube > Sans tūṇa, a quiver] 1. a device consisting of a narrow tube fitted at one end with a rubber bulb or piston by …
5Syringe — Syr inge, n. [F. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, Sp. jeringa, It. sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. ?, ?, a pipe or tube; cf. Skr. svar to sound, and E. swarum. Cf. {Syringa}.] A kind of small hand pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of… …
6syringe — ► NOUN ▪ a tube with a nozzle and piston for sucking in and ejecting liquid in a thin stream, often one fitted with a hollow needle for injecting or withdrawing bodily fluids. ► VERB (syringing) ▪ spray liquid into or over with a syringe. ORIGIN… …
7syringe — early 15c., from L.L. syringa, from Gk. syringa, accusative of syrinx tube, hole, channel, shepherd s pipe, related to syrizein to pipe, whistle, hiss, from PIE root *swer (see SUSURRATION (Cf. susurration)). Originally a catheter for irrigating… …
8Syringe — A typical medical syringe with needle A syringe is a simple pump consisting of a plunger that fits tightly in a tube. The plunger can be pulled and pushed along inside a cylindrical tube (the barrel), allowing the syringe to take in and expel a… …
9Syringe filter — A 0.2 micrometre luer lock syringe filter that is not a wheel filter type shape. A syringe filter (sometimes called wheel filter if it has a wheel like shape) is a single use filter cartridge. It is attached to the end of a syringe for use.… …
10Syringe — A device used in medicine to inject fluid into or withdraw fluid from the body. Medical syringes consist of a needle attached to a hollow cylinder that is fitted with a sliding plunger. The downward movement of the plunger injects fluid; upward… …
