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syringe

[suh-rinj, sir-inj] / səˈrɪndʒ, ˈsɪr ɪndʒ /
NOUN
medical device for injecting
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
hypodermic hypodermic needle injector


VERB
clean or inject using device
Synonyms


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The syringe was administered by the ward doctor, who had asked Norris to prepare it for them.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

When densely packed, the spheres have properties that allow the material to behave like a liquid, making it possible to push the mixture through a syringe.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Eylea franchise, which would require approval of the pre-filled syringe.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

And it turns out there’s an ingenious, inexpensive little invention that combines the pacifier with the medicine syringe.

From Slate ● May 17, 2026

“Bring the oxygen that’s in the ambulance,” Jaime said, preparing a syringe.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

The exhibition puts designer Pierre-Olivier Persin’s bust of the creature alongside the syringes, vials and other medical paraphernalia from the mysterious Substance kit that sets the movie’s nightmare in motion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Individual strands of acrylic paint are extruded from syringes, dried, and woven into the blazer-and-skirt ensemble “Anna.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The federal health minister, however, has confirmed publicly that the outbreak of 84 cases was triggered by the reuse of contaminated syringes at the hospital.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

Pre-filled syringes of Eylea HD are likely to be approved sometime in mid-2026, analysts added, presenting another prospective catalyst on the way.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

There are a few syringes sealed in sterile plastic on a table near Beetee’s bed.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

As a last resort, however, a child may be held and the medicine carefully syringed in.

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2021

But it was a two-person task to administer her critical-care rabbit food, a powdered blend of timothy grass and soybean hulls to be mixed with warm water and syringed thrice daily past Judy’s unfriendly teeth.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2018

Of course, it’s a misconception that everything punk was just three chords syringed with a whole lot of distortion and anarchy.

From Time ● Jul. 17, 2014

One recent example was someone who was struggling to get an appointment to have their ears syringed.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2013

Treatment.—The ear should be syringed with a warm antiseptic or sterilised solution.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

Micro-suction treatment has replaced syringing where GPs removed wax by injecting water into the ear with a large metal syringe.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2022

Other greens on the back nine were watered too, but the syringing began before anyone had played the holes.

From Golf Digest ● Jun. 12, 2018

Dr Jessen said: "I advised them to use olive oil as drops. Olive oil is anti-bacterial, antiseptic and softening - they may not need their ears syringing after using that."

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2013

We find her in the lab, syringing gas out of a plastic vial in which a raisin-sized rat turd has been incubating at ninety-nine degrees.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2013

On the evenings of hot, dry days, after the plants have been watered, give them a slight syringing, or sprinkling, over the leaves, and also the ground upon which they are standing.

From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by William Keane



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