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May 25, 2012
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sy•ringe



Pronunciation: (su-rinj', sir'inj), [key]
—n., v., -ringed, -ring•ing.

—n.
1. a small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
2. any similar device for pumping and spraying liquids through a small aperture.

—v.t.
to cleanse, wash, inject, etc., by means of a syringe.

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