syringeful
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a word derived from
syringe.
syringenouna small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
Example Sentences
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She injected a syringeful of saline into the vial and shook it, pushed a needle into the vial and withdrew about half the contents.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2016
After each movement of the bowels, a small hand-ball syringeful of cold water should be thrown into the rectum and retained.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various
Decoction of oak bark, a pint; dried alum, half an ounce: for an injection, a syringeful to be used night and morning.
From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous
Of this he injected a syringeful into the back of a rabbit.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various