syringe
noun/sɪˈrɪndʒ/
/sɪˈrɪndʒ/
- (also hypodermic, hypodermic syringe)a plastic or glass tube with a long hollow needle that is used for putting drugs, etc. into a person’s body or for taking a small amount of blood from a person
- a beach scattered with used syringes
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clean
- sterile
- contaminated
- …
- fill
- prepare
- draw something into
- …
- exchange
- a plastic or glass tube with a rubber part at the end, used for taking liquid in and then pushing it out
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin syringa, from syrinx, from Greek surinx ‘pipe, channel’.
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