syringe

n.

A hypodermic syringe.

A medical instrument used to inject fluids into the body or draw them from it.

stethoscope

n.

A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

sphygmomanometer

n.

An instrument for measuring blood pressure in the arteries, especially one consisting of a pressure gauge and a rubber cuff that wraps around the upper arm and inflates to constrict the arteries.

Also called blood pressure meter.

thermometer

n.

An instrument for measuring temperature, especially one having a graduated glass tube with a bulb containing a liquid, typically mercury or colored alcohol, that expands and rises in the tube as the temperature increases.

anemometer

n.

An instrument for measuring wind force and velocity.

Synonym:

wind gage, wind gauge

bagpipe

n.

A musical instrument having a flexible bag inflated either by a tube with valves or by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe, and from one to four drone pipes. Often used in the plural.

The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe."

harmonica

n.

A small rectangular instrument consisting of a row of free reeds set back in air holes, played by exhaling or inhaling.

Also called harp, mouth harp, mouth organ.

accordion

n.

A portable wind instrument with a small keyboard and free metal reeds that sound when air is forced past them by pleated bellows operated by the player.