Definition of syringenext
as in needle
a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin the syringe the nurse was leveling at my arm looked to me to be at least 10 inches long

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Recent Examples of syringe By skipping traditional wireless technology, the SWANS team made its devices small enough to inject with a syringe. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026 Compounded drugs may come in vials where patients must measure their own doses with a syringe, which can lead to dosing mistakes, including overdoses. — Amber Gill, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The duffel bag had masks, brass knuckles, a taser, crowbar, and a syringe with succinylcholine, Spadaro said. — Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026 As a syringe containing the cure falls to the ground many stories below, Monster Bryan stands atop the hospital’s skybridge and roars at an approaching National Guard helicopter. — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for syringe
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needle
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  • An analyst at crypto research firm Artemis earlier this year published a detailed breakdown of how Hyperliquid Strategies has so far been able to thread this needle.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The execution team worked for an hour to administer the lethal drugs, said Pike's defense lawyer Randy Spivey, who counted at least seven needles in her left arm.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

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“Syringe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syringe. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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