syringe
from
WordNet (r) 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
from
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]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "syringe":
X-ray machine, aerosol, asperge, aspergil, aspergillum, aspirator,
atomizer, baptize, bath, bathe, bedew, bedpan, bespatter,
besprinkle, catheter, clinical thermometer, clyster,
concentrate sprayer, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dew,
diathermy machine, douche, drain, electrocardiograph,
electroencephalograph, enema, flush, flush out, forceps,
fountain syringe, gargle, heat lamp, hemostat, holystone, hose,
hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, hypo, hypodermic,
hypodermic needle, irrigate, lance, lancet, lather, launder, lave,
manometer, mechanical heart, microscope, mist concentrate sprayer,
moisten, mop, mop up, needle, needle bath, nozzle, otoscope,
paddle, pneumatograph, pneumatometer, probe, pus basin, rinse,
rinse out, ritually immerse, scalpel, scour, scrub, scrub up,
shampoo, shower, shower bath, shower head, slobber, slop, slosh,
sluice, sluice out, soap, sound, sparge, sparger, spatter,
speculum, spirometer, splash, splatter, splint, sponge, spray,
spray can, sprayer, sprinkle, sprinkler, sprinkler head,
sprinkling system, stethoscope, suture, swab, swash, toivel,
trepan, trephine, tub, wash, wash out, wash up, water, watercart,
watering can, watering pot, wet, wet down
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