Category:Syringe

Syr"inge, n. Etym: [f. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, sp. jeringa, it. Sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. svar to sound, and e. swarum. Cf. Syringa.]

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.

Syringe 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.

2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.