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.
Garden syringe. See Garden.
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.
2. To wash and clean by injection from a
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.
Garden syringe. See Garden.
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.
2. To wash and clean by injection from a
syringe.