Definition of SYRINX

syrinx

Meanings

Plural: syringes, syrinxes

Noun

  • a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
  • the vocal organ of a bird
  • A set of panpipes.
  • Chiefly in the plural: a narrow channel cut in rock, especially in Ancient Egyptian burial chambers.
  • 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 voice organ in birds, located at or near where the trachea and the bronchi join.

Origin / 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, pandean pipe, panpipe

Scrabble Score: 16

syrinx is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
syrinx is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
syrinx is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

syrinx is a valid Words With Friends word