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Medical Term

syringe

an instrument used for injecting fluids into the body or for the removal of body fluids for examination. In such cases, it comprises a hollow needle connected to a piston within a tube. Larger metal syringes are used to wash the outer ear and remove wax.

Source: mediLexicon corpus · slug syringe