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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
syringe
syr·inge [syringe syringes syringed syringing] noun, verb BrE [sɪˈrɪndʒ] NAmE [sɪˈrɪndʒ]
noun 
1. (also hypo·der·mic, ˌhypodermic syˈringe)a plastic or glass tube with a long hollow needle that is used for putting drugs, etc. into a person's body or for taking a small amount of blood from a person
2. a plastic or glass tube with a rubber part at the end, used for sucking up liquid and then pushing it out
Word Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin syringa, from syrinx, from Greek surinx ‘pipe, channel’.
Example Bank:
•a beach scattered with used syringes
•a syringe exchange scheme
verb ~ sth
to clean sb's ear by spraying liquid into it with a ↑syringe
•I had my ears syringed.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin syringa, from syrinx, from Greek surinx ‘pipe, channel’.
See also: ↑hypodermic ▪ ↑hypodermic syringe
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