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 Whether that explanation seems a little far-fetched when Stephen is filling his syringe with Draino, well, that’s up to you, dear reader. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Nov. 2024 Once the syringe was full, it was taken to the henhouse, where Mason would pin hens chest-down while another worker inserted the contents of the syringe into the hen using an air compressor. Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 27 Nov. 2024 Now, he’s filled a syringe with drain cleaner and plans to inject it into a comatose drug addict. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Nov. 2024 In all cases, the contents of the vial and the label information on the syringe were noted at the time the video was shot. New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for syringe 

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“Syringe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syringe. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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