HYPODERMIC SYRINGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypodermic syringe mean? 

• HYPODERMIC SYRINGE (noun)
  The noun HYPODERMIC SYRINGE has 1 sense:

1. a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections

  Familiarity information: HYPODERMIC SYRINGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPODERMIC SYRINGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hypo; hypodermic; hypodermic syringe

Hypernyms ("hypodermic syringe" is a kind of...):

syringe (a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids)

Meronyms (parts of "hypodermic syringe"):

hypodermic needle (a hollow needle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hypodermic syringe"):

autoinjector (a hypodermic syringe to use in injecting yourself with a liquid)

 Context examples 

I was horrified by my first glimpse of Holmes next morning, for he sat by the fire holding his tiny hypodermic syringe.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)