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

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

Out of a vial and into a hypodermic syringe he drew up a cubic centimeter of pink fluid�mostly water, but containing millions of cancer cells from human victims of the disease.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dentist took up a hypodermic syringe "of the type used on brewery horses," and sank it in Author Perelman's gum.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mom pushes down on the hypodermic syringe full of saline to flush the wound.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin