different between syringe vs scringe

English

Etymology

From French seringue, from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of syrinx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s????nd?/, /s????nd?/
• Hyphenation: sy?ringe
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

syringe (plural syringes)

1. A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
2. A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

Usage notes

• Syringe mostly refers specifically to medical devices for injecting drugs into a human body or drawing blood from one (or other human fluids), but the broader definition sees occasional use, particularly in specialized fields.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• inject
• intravenous
• needle
• shoot up

Verb

syringe (third-person singular simple present syringes, present participle syringing, simple past and past participle syringed)

1. To clean, or inject fluid, by means of a syringe.

   Have your ears syringed! They're so dirty!

Translations

Further reading

• syringe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Rigneys, Yingers, reysing

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sy??rin.?e/, [s?y???????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si?rin.d??e/, [si??in??d???]
• Homophone: S?ringe

Noun

s?ringe f

1. ablative singular of s?rinx

English

Etymology

Compare cringe and shrink.

Verb

scringe (third-person singular simple present scringes, present participle scringing, simple past and past participle scringed)

1. (dialect, Britain and US, intransitive) To cringe.

Anagrams

• cringes