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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

syringe
    n 1: a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
    v 1: spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Syringe \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 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.
   [1913 Webster]

   Garden syringe. See Garden.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for syringe:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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