Luer syringe

Luer syringe
Lu·er syringe 'lü-ər- n a glass syringe with a glass piston that has the apposing surfaces ground and that is used esp. for hypodermic injection Luer (d 1883)
German instrument maker. Luer is known to have worked in Paris.

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Lu·er syringe (looґər) [Luer, German instrument maker in France, died 1883] see under syringe.

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