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==See also== *'''Fire syringe''' has two meanings: **A [[fire piston]], a [[fire starting]] device **A squirt, in the form of a large syringe, one of the first [[firefighting]] devices in history used to squirt water onto the burning fuel.<ref>Walford, Cornelius. ''The insurance cyclopaedia: being a dictionary of the definitions of terms used in connexion with the theory and practice of insurance in all its branches: a biographical summary ... a bibliographical repertory of all works written upon the subject'' ... an . London: C. and E. Layton; 1871, 1880. 337 Print. {{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-8ZAAAAYAAJ |title=The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being a Dictionary of the Definitions of Terms Used in Connexion with the Theory and Practice of Insurance in All its Branches: A Biographical Summary ... A Bibliographical Repertory of All Works Written Upon the Subject ... An Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance |access-date=2016-10-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223131348/https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-8ZAAAAYAAJ |archive-date=2017-02-23 |last1=Walford |first1=Cornelius |year=1874 }}</ref> *[[Autoinjector]], a device to ease injection, e.g. by the patient or other untrained personnel. *[[Hippy Sippy]] *[[Jet injector]], injects without a needle, by squirting the injection fluid so fast that it makes a hole in the skin. *[[Luer taper]], a standardized fitting system used for making leak-free connections between syringe tips and needles. *[[Needle exchange programme]], is a social policy based on the philosophy of harm reduction where injecting drug users (IDUs) can obtain hypodermic needles and associated injection equipment at little or no cost. *[[Fear of needles|Trypanophobia]], a fairly common extreme fear of hypodermic syringes *[[Syrette]], similar to a syringe except that it has a closed flexible tube (like that used for toothpaste) instead of a rigid tube and piston. *[[Earwax#Ear irrigation|Syringing the ear]] to remove excess ear wax. *[[Syrinx]], the nymph from classical mythology after which syringes were supposedly named. *[[Safety syringe]], with features to prevent accidental needlesticks and reuse *[[Vaginal syringe]]
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