SYRINX (syringes)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: syringes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does syrinx mean? 

• SYRINX (noun)
  The noun SYRINX has 2 senses:

1. a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together

2. the vocal organ of a bird

  Familiarity information: SYRINX used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYRINX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pandean pipe; panpipe; syrinx

Hypernyms ("syrinx" is a kind of...):

pipe (a tubular wind instrument)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The vocal organ of a bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("syrinx" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Holonyms ("syrinx" is a part of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

 Context examples 

A litter of pipes, tobacco-pouches, syringes, penknives, revolver-cartridges, and other débris was scattered over it.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A container of a sterile preparation whose contents are intended for use in a pharmacy admixture program and are restricted to the preparation of admixtures for infusion or, through a sterile transfer device, for the filling of empty sterile syringes.

(Pharmacy Bulk Vial, NCI Thesaurus)

Among the items analysed in the study were plastic syringes and tubes for the intravenous administration of fluids or parenteral nutrition; plastic nasogastric and enteral feeding tubes; oxygen masks and endotracheal tubes; and a wide range of cardiopulmonary bypass circuits, dressings, bandages, and electrodes.

(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)