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Topic: HOSPITAL

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: syringa, from Greek syrinx 'tube'

syringe

1 noun
     
syringe
sy‧ringe1 [countable]
MHMD an instrument for taking blood from someone's body or putting liquid, drugs etc into it, consisting of a hollow plastic tube and a needle
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