syringe

English

Wikipedia

syringe with hypodermic needle

Etymology

From French seringue, from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sŷrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Compare syrinx.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈrɪndʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Noun

syringe (plural syringes)

1. A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
2. A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

Usage notes

Syringe mostly refers specifically to medical devices for injecting drugs into a human body or drawing blood from one (or other human fluids), but the broader definition sees occasional use, particularly in specialized fields.

Translations

a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.

French: poire (fr) f.

hypodermic syringe

Albanian: shiringë (sq) f. Arabic: حقنة (ar) (Húqna) f. Armenian: ներարկիչ (hy) (nerarkič), շպրից (hy) (špric’) Azeri: şırınqa (az) f., şpris (az) Belarusian: шпрыц (be) (špryc) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 注射器 (cmn) (zhùshèqì) Croatian: injekcija (hr) f. Czech: injekční stříkačka (cs) f. Dutch: injectiespuit (nl) c., spuit (nl) c. Esperanto: injektilo (eo) Finnish: injektioruisku (fi) French: seringue (fr) f. Georgian: შპრიცი (ka) (špric'i) German: Spritze (de) f. Greek: σύριγγα (el) (sýringa) f. Hebrew: מַזְרֵק (he) (mazrék) m. Hindi: सुई (hi) (su'ī) f. Hungarian: fecskendő (hu)

Irish: steallaire (ga) f. Italian: siringa (it) f. Japanese: 注射器 (ja) (ちゅうしゃき, chūshaki), スポイト (ja) (supoito) Latvian: šļirce (lv) f. Lithuanian: švirkštas (lt) f. Malayalam: സിറിഞ്ചു് (ml) (siṟiñc) Polish: strzykawka (pl) f. Portuguese: seringa (pt) f. Romanian: seringă (ro) f. Russian: шприц (ru) (špric) m. Serbian: бризгалица (sr) (brizgalica) f. Spanish: jeringa (es) f. Swedish: spruta (sv) n. Tagalog: hiringgilya (tl) Tamil: மருந்தூசி (ta) (maruntūci) Thai: กระบอกฉีด (th) (gràbòk chèet) Turkish: enjektör (tr), şırınga (tr) Ukrainian: шприц (uk) (špryc) m. Vietnamese: ống chích (vi), bơm tiêm (vi), ống tiêm (vi)

See also

• inject
• intravenous
• needle
• shoot up

Verb

syringe (third-person singular simple present syringes, present participle syringing, simple past and past participle syringed)

1. To clean or inject fluid by means of a syringe

   Have your ears syringed, so dirty!

Translations

to inject fluid by means of a syringe

French: seringuer (fr)

External links

• Syringe on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons