Similar words: syringe, syria, assyrian, syrian desert, key ring, labyrinth, myringotomy, labyrinthine. Meaning: ['sɪrɪŋks] 
n. 1. a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together 2. the vocal organ of a bird.
n. 1. a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together 2. the vocal organ of a bird. 31 Always exclude malignancy when a syrinx is identified in the non-Chiari I patient.
32 Syringomyelia may be diagnosed with magnetic resonance imaging. Surgery to correct the condition that caused the syrinx to form may stabilize or improve a patient's health.
33 To investigate whether syrinx should by treated before correction in patients with scoliosis complicated by syringomyelia without neurologic impairment.