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syringes definition and meaning

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

Crossword clues for syringes

- Hypodermic
- Hypodermic needle
- Injecting instrument
- Medical instrument
- Vaccination tools