syringoma syr·in·go·ma (sĭr’ĭng-gō’mə)
A benign, often multiple, tumor of the sweat glands composed of very small round cysts.
syringomeningocele sy·rin·go·me·nin·go·cele (sə-rĭng’gō-mə-nĭng’gə-sēl’) n. Spina bifida in which the dorsal sac consists chiefly of membranes enclosing a cavity that communicates with a syringomyelic cavity.
syringomyelocele sy·rin·go·my·e·lo·cele (sə-rĭng’gō-mī’ə-lə-sēl’) n. A form of spina bifida in which the fluid of the syrinx in the spinal cord is increased, expanding the cord tissue into a thin-walled sac that in turn expands through the vertebral defect.
syringotomy syr·in·got·o·my (sĭr’ĭng-gŏt’ə-mē) n. See fistulotomy.
noun, plural syringes [suh-rin-jeez] /səˈrɪn dʒiz/ (Show IPA), syrinxes. 1. Ornithology. the vocal organ of birds, situated at or near the bifurcation of the trachea into the bronchi. 2. (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a mountain nymph of Arcadia who was transformed, in order to protect her chastity from Pan, into the reed from which […]