Definition of syringenext
as in needle
a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin the syringe the nurse was leveling at my arm looked to me to be at least 10 inches long

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Recent Examples of syringe The impetus for the ban, as council members noted, was syringe litter in public spaces. — Paul Christine, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026 West designs and manufactures elastomer stoppers and seals that keep vials sterile, prefillable syringe systems and self-injection cartridges, and wearable patch injectors for continuous drug delivery. — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 Also called a spinal tap, a lumbar puncture involves using a syringe to withdraw a sample of cerebrospinal fluid from the lower back, per Mayo Clinic. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 If a medical clinic can’t clearly answer who’s overseeing your care or what’s in the syringe, that’s a reason to walk away, not a technicality. — Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for syringe
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needle
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  • Only a variation of a thousandth or a two-thousandth in the impulse is sufficient to determine whether my needle will stop at a black section or at the following section, which is red.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
  • To break the chains of infections stemming from contaminated needles, Soqo has proposed supplying thousands of sterile needles and syringes to communities of methamphetamine users.
    — David Cox, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Syringe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syringe. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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