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syringes

noun

plural of syringe

as in needles

a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin the syringe the nurse was leveling at my arm looked to me to be at least 10 inches long

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needles

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The forests are thick with spruce, their needles a deep, musty green veiled in shadows.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
The company made use of burgeoning microneedle patch technology, placing the microneedles in select designs like stars and hearts on the patch, and embedding pigments in the miniscule needles.

— Avery Stone, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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