English Explanatory Dictionary

syrinx

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A set of panpipes.
  2. Chiefly in the plural: a narrow channel cut in rock, especially in Ancient Egyptian burial chambers.
  3. 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.
  4. The voice organ in birds, located at or near where the trachea and the bronchi join.
name
  1. An Arcadian nymph, changed into a reed

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪɹɪŋks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-syrinx.wav /sɪˈɹɪnd͡ʒiːz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-syringes (syrinx).wav /sɪˈɹɪnd͡ʒiz/ /sə-/

Word forms

syrinx syrinxes syringes

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

lower larynx

Related words

subsyringeal tracheosyringeal syringeal syringo- syringometaplasia syringobulbia syringomyelia larynx pharynx salpinx syringe syrinx
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