See also:

• SYRINGE (Gr. ovpryE, reed, pipe)

SYRINGE (Gr. ovpryE, See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

reed, See also:

• PIPE

pipe)  , a See also:

• HYDRAULIC

hydraulic See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, based on the principle of the See also:

• PUMP

pump, for the See also:

• DRAWING

drawing up and ejecting of liquids . The See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form is that of a See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass or See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube ending in a pointed nozzle and fitted with an See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air-tight See also:

• PISTON (through Fr. from Ital. pistone or pestone, a great pestle, from Late Lat. pistare, to pound, a frequentative form of classical Lat. pinsere)

piston-See also:

• ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)
• ROD, EDOUARD (1857-1910)

rod and handle . The nozzle is inserted in the liquid, which enters the See also:

• CYLINDER (Gr. KvAwSpos, from KvXivaety, to roll)

cylinder by atmospheric pressure when the piston-rod is See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up . On pushing back the piston the fluid is ejected in a See also:

• JET (Fr. jais, Ger. Gagat)

jet through the nozzle . In sizes varying from the See also:

• NEEDLE (O. Eng. ncedl; the word appears in various forms in Teutonic languages, Ger. Nadel, Dutch naal, the root being ne-, to sew, cf. Ger. nahen, and probably Lat. nere, to spin, Gr. vi)ats, spinning)

needle-pointed hypodermic See also:

• SYRINGE (Gr. ovpryE, reed, pipe)

syringe to the abdominal syringe, it is a See also:

• COMMON

common surgical See also:

• IMPLEMENT (Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill)

implement used for the injection of fluids into the See also:

• BODY

body or for the washing of wounds and cavities . The smaller syringes are made of glass, the larger of metal; the most common medical syringes consist of a length of indiarubber tubing, one end terminating in a nozzle of See also:

• IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
• IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

ivory or other easily cleaned material, in the centre is a bulb or See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball which under pressure draws up the liquid through the See also:

• FREE

free end of the tube which is placed in the See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel containing it . There are a very large number of different types of syringe used in surgical practice . A larger syringe of metal, with a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat perforated nozzle is used as a See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden implement for watering See also:

• PLANTS

plants .