| Roughton-Scholander syringe | A syringe-like device for analyzing the respiratory gases in a small sample of blood. Synonym: Roughton-Scholander syringe. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| rubber-bulb syringe | A syringe with a hollow rubber bulb and cannula provided with a check valve, used to obtain a jet of air or water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| whistle-tip catheter | A catheter with an opening at the end and side. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Woolner's tip | A point projecting upward and posteriorly from the free outcurved margin of the helix a little posterior to its upper end. Synonym: apex auriculae, apex satyri, Woolner's tip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| control syringe | A type of Luer-Lok syringe with thumb and finger rings attached to the proximal end of the barrel and to the tip of the plunger, allowing operation of the syringe with one hand. Synonym: ring syringe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| probe syringe | A syringe with an olive-shaped tip, used in treatment of diseases of the lacrimal passages. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypodermic syringe | A small syringe with a barrel (which may be calibrated), perfectly matched plunger, and tip; used with a hollow needle for subcutaneous injections and for aspiration. Synonym: hypodermic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spiral tip catheter | A catheter with a helical filiform tip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Neisser's syringe | A urethral syringe used in treatment of gonococcal urethritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Davidson syringe | A rubber tube, armed with an appropriate nozzle, intersected with a compressible bulb, with valves so arranged that compression forces the fluid, into which one end of the tube is inserted, forward to the nozzle end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental syringe | A breech-loading metal cartridge syringe into which fits a hermetically sealed glass cartridge containing the anaesthetic solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| syringe | An instrument used for injecting or withdrawing fluids. Origin: G. Syrinx, pipe or tube (05 Mar 2000) |
| Q tip test | A test for determining the mobility of the urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tip | 1. The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear. "To the very tip of the nose." (Shak) 2. An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc. 3. A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown. 4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf. 5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry. Origin: Akin to D. & Dan. Tip, LG. & Sw. Tipp, G. Zipfel, and probably to E. Tap a plug, a pipe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tip of auricle | A point projecting upward and posteriorly from the free outcurved margin of the helix a little posterior to its upper end. Synonym: apex auriculae, apex satyri, Woolner's tip. (05 Mar 2000) |