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
Unfortunately, in the process, he's stabbed by the syringe Mehta intended for Lo and dies.
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Megan McCluskey, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
It's loaded with great tools like a stethoscope, a blood pressure cuff, a syringe, a rolling thermometer and more.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
According to the outlet and several videos circulating on social media, Mojito tricked pedestrians by pretending to inject them with a syringe in a series of viral videos.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
This realistic doctor’s coat has everything your aspiring doctor needs to give their patients a check-up, including a face mask, a stethoscope with sound effects (AAA batteries not included), thermometer, syringe, reflex hammer, and reusable name tag.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
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Megan McCluskey, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
It's loaded with great tools like a stethoscope, a blood pressure cuff, a syringe, a rolling thermometer and more.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
According to the outlet and several videos circulating on social media, Mojito tricked pedestrians by pretending to inject them with a syringe in a series of viral videos.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
This realistic doctor’s coat has everything your aspiring doctor needs to give their patients a check-up, including a face mask, a stethoscope with sound effects (AAA batteries not included), thermometer, syringe, reflex hammer, and reusable name tag.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syringe
needle
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Overturning the validity of the IEEPA tariffs but doing as Katyal suggested and limiting the decision to prospective relief could thread an incredibly difficult needle.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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Giving kids three separate shots would mean more trips to the doctor and more needles, vaccine proponents like Offit say.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Syringe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syringe. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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