syringe

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 study outlines how many treatments could be delivered in seconds with a syringe or autoinjector. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025 But an investigation revealed the numbers had deteriorated because his mom was withdrawing blood from him using a syringe and picc line, according to the court documents. Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2025 Some satisfying precision syringe filling. Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2022 The injections, which are designed to promote skin regeneration and stimulate collagen production, can be inserted via machine or a traditional needle and syringe. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for syringe
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needle
Noun
  • Harrison stabs Prater with the needle and knocks the billionaire out.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There aren’t really off-the-shelf solutions that can move the needle.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Syringe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syringe. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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