SYRINGE

n. Si2r'i2nj. Gr., crupiyf. Lat., syrinx, sipho, siphunculus. Fr.. seringue. Ger., Spritze. An instrument consisting usually of a tube terminating in a small orifice and fitted with a piston by the action of which a liquid is first drawn in and then expelled in a stream, as for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, and the like. [A, 301.] Blake's middle-ear s. A s. used for washing out the middle ear, being introduced through a hole in the drum-head. It has a long, slender nozzle which can be bent to correspond to the curve of any external meatus. [F, 39.] Buttles's gonorrhoea s. A hard-rubber s. with long tip and an arrangement over the nozzle for distending the urethra. [E.] Catheter s. A combined catheter and s. for making applications to the bladder or urethra. [E.] Clover's s. An exhausting s. in the form of a bulb of soft rubber attached to a catheter; used for emptying the bladder of fragments after lithotrity. [EJ Uick'g caustic s. A catheter with several fine holes at the tip for making applications to the bladder or urethra. [E.] Ear s. Lat., otencliyta, sipho auricular is. Ger., Ohrspritze, Gehdrspritze. A s. used to inject fluids into the ear. [F.] Enema s. A s. for injecting liquids into the rectum. Fountain s. A s. in which gravity is the propelling force, 4 5 1, a rectal syringe; 2, a nrethral syringe; 3, a uterine syringe; 4, Bumstead's urethral syringe; 5, a hypodermic syringe. an elevated rubber bag serving as a reservoir. [E.] Hypodermic 8. A small s. with a delicate no/zle terminating in a sharp point, for injecting medicines under the skin. L.acrymal s. See DACRYOSYRINX (2d def.). Pravaz's s. Ger., Pruvaz's che Spritze. A variety of hypodermic s. having externally a nut working on a thread cut about the piston, so that the contained liquid may be extruded drop by drop! [a, 34.] Ricord's s. Fr., seringue priapi que. A hard-rubber s. for vaginal injections. [L, 41 (a, 14).] Van Bureii's debris s. A Davidson's s. with a hard-rubber bulbous tip perforated in many points, for removing debris from the bladder. [E.] Wheelock's reverse-flow s. A s. with a cap over the nozzle to cause a reverse flow of the fluid; a variety of gonorrhoea s. [E.] SYRINGE At, adj. Si2r-inj'es-'l. Pertaining to the syrinx. [s. 585]