hypodermic syringe

American  

noun

1. a small glass piston or barrel syringe having a detachable, hollow needle for use in injecting solutions subcutaneously.

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hypodermic syringe British  

noun

1. med a type of syringe consisting of a hollow cylinder, usually of glass or plastic, a tightly fitting piston, and a hollow needle ( hypodermic needle ), used for withdrawing blood samples, injecting medicine, etc

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Etymology

Origin of hypodermic syringe

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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hypodermic syringe

Imagine the needle on the end of a hypodermic syringe.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2019

In 1949, an Austrian immigrant Charles Rothauser found the answer after making the world's first plastic, disposable hypodermic syringe at a factory in Adelaide, where he had manufactured plastic toys.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2012

Dr. Dafoe gave them saline enemas with a fine catheter and a hypodermic syringe, "and obtained a few yellowish black pellets."

From Time Magazine Archive

Such enzymes would probably be injected daily into the body with a hypodermic syringe; if the injections were begun early enough, the result might increase a man's life-span by 30 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the other side of him stood a man in a white coat, holding a hypodermic syringe.

From "1984" by George Orwell