HYPODERMIC SYRINGE Synonyms: 5 Similar Words

hypodermic syringe

noun

as in needle

a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin the nurse filled a different hypodermic syringe for each injection

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Recent Examples of hypodermic syringe It was further alleged that Rivers would threaten to sedate the victims with a hypodermic syringe for failing to comply with his advances. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025 An officer found a hypodermic syringe under the driver’s seat. — cleveland, 9 Apr. 2020 In the 1850s, the development of the hypodermic syringe allowed exact dosages of morphine to be delivered directly into a patient’s bloodstream, which would be key for field hospital amputations during the American Civil War. — Jon Kelvey, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017 The hypodermic syringe needle has been striking fear in patients since the 1850s. — Gary Strauss, National Geographic, 14 Nov. 2016

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Noun

Bone must be separated from surrounding rock millimeter by millimeter with a pneumatic chisel, whose needle gently breaks away rock while ultraviolet light reveals where the bone ends and the surrounding rock begins.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
When middle-sixers such as Kiefer Sherwood and Bobby McMann are getting that for their declining years, a legit needle-mover such as Blake should add a ton of surplus value above that.

— Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 22 July 2026

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Noun

If a medical clinic can’t clearly answer who’s overseeing your care or what’s in the syringe, that’s a reason to walk away, not a technicality.

— Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
Simonpietri has begun building syringe storage and disposal into her vanity designs, with undercabinet pullouts configured to hold unused syringes upright and another drawer concealing a top-loading sharps-disposal bin.

— Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026

Definition of syringe

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For the avid gardener in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC, stepping out the front door in the summer meant being assaulted by hordes of those flying hypodermic needles, ready to bore into her skin and leave itchy welts – and sometimes serious infections like malaria or Zika – behind.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Some fans injected vodka into oranges with hypodermic needles.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026

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