n. a small syringe designed for use together with a hypodermic needle{ 1 } for injection of liquids directly under the skin, or into other parts of the body of an animal. [ PJC ]

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 ]