syrinx
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syrinx¹
- /ˈsɪɹɪŋks/ US, UK
- /sɪˈɹɪnd͡ʒiːz/ UK
- /sɪˈɹɪnd͡ʒiz/ US
- /sə-/ US
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin sȳrinx (“reed; reed pipe, panpipes”), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “panpipes; pipe-shaped object”), from Pre-Greek. Doublet of syringe.
The plural form syringes is a learned borrowing from Latin sȳringes.
noun syrinxes · syringes
- A set of panpipes. [T]he Syrinx might give occaſion to the bagpipe, by leading the vvay to its invention; for it vvas certainly very natural, both for eaſe in playing, and for the ſaving of breath, and even for the health and ſafety of the performer's lungs, to contrive a method of conveying vvind to the ſeveral pipes
- Chiefly in the plural: a narrow channel cut in rock, especially in Ancient Egyptian burial chambers. And novv vvhen the people of all ſorts came flocking to the Court, in a tumultuous manner, Agathocles [grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse], taking the King vvith him, vvent and hid himſelf, in a place called Syringes, vvhich vvas a gallery or vvalk, vvhich had every vvay three vvalls and gates to pa
- Any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body, especially a rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity in the brain stem or within the spinal cord. The division of fluid-filled cavities, or syrinxes, into those lined with ependyma (hydromyelia) and those not so lined (syringomyelia) is probably somewhat artificial.
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The voice organ in birds, located at or near where the trachea and the bronchi join.
This tube is named the Windpipe, Trachea, or Aspera-arteria; […] its lower extremity, or the part at which it bifurcates, is the Lower Larynx, or the Syrinx. Besides acting as a pipe to the lungs, it is also the organ of the voice, the air in passing through it causing its membranes so to vibrate, a
Similar: lower larynx
Syrinx²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin Sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek Σῦρῐγξ (Sûrĭnx).
proper noun
- An Arcadian nymph, changed into a reed
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noun any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body
| Français | syrinx |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | συρίγγιο syríngio |
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title = {syrinx},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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