syringe

/səˈɹɪndʒ/noun

A medical instrument with a needle, a tube for holding liquid, and a plunger, used for injecting or drawing out fluids.

Example sentences

“The nurse filled the syringe with the vaccine.”
“The vet used a syringe to give the puppy its medicine.”

Medical vocabulary; in the news it often appears in the phrase 'needles and syringes'. The stress falls on the second syllable.

Related words

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