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n. [ F. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, Sp. jeringa, It. sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, 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 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the syrinx; as, the syringeal muscle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac (Syringa) and extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called also lilacin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Syrinx + Gr. &unr_; hollow. ] (Anat.) The central canal of the spinal cord. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. syringotome. See Syringotomy. ] (Surg. & Anat.) A small blunt-pointed bistoury, -- used in syringotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]