Get to know Syrinx better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like wind or structure.
Syrinx in a sentence
Syrinx meaning
- 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.
Synonyms of Syrinx
Using Syrinx
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: panpipe, pandean pipe, wind instrument, wind.
- In the example corpus, syrinx often appears in combinations such as: the syrinx, syrinx is, syrinx in.
Context around Syrinx
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Syrinx
- In this selection, "syrinx" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, left, titled, nymph, pipes, related and receiving stand out and add context to how "syrinx" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a syrinx may then and by draining syrinx fluid a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "syrinx" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with syrinx
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pan instructing Daphnis on the syrinx. (6 words)
First, the surgeon must locate the syrinx. (7 words)
A syrinx may then develop in the cervical region of the spinal cord. (13 words)
In literature The story of the syrinx is told in Achilles Tatius ' Leukippe and Kleitophon where the heroine is subjected to a virginity test by entering a cave where Pan has left syrinx pipes that will sound a melody if she passes. (42 words)
James McCalla, Twentieth-century Chamber Music: Routledge Studies in Musical Genres, Routledge, 2003, p.48 French Baroque composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair composed "Pan et Syrinx", a cantata for voice & ensemble (No. 4 of Second livre de cantates). (38 words)
Scientists believe that at one point the ancestors of living birds may have had two functional vocal organs that sounded together, until eventually the larynx went silent and only the syrinx remained functional. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
In literature The story of the syrinx is told in Achilles Tatius ' Leukippe and Kleitophon where the heroine is subjected to a virginity test by entering a cave where Pan has left syrinx pipes that will sound a melody if she passes.
It is vital to bear in mind that the drainage of a syrinx does not necessarily mean the elimination of the syrinx-related symptoms, but rather is aimed at stopping progression.
James Merrill has a poem titled "Syrinx" in which several images from the mythological tale of the nymph Syrinx are incorporated.
Longus, however, makes no reference to Syrinx receiving aid from the Nymphs in his version, instead Syrinx hides from Pan in amongst some reeds and disappeared into the marsh.
Pan instructing Daphnis on the syrinx.
Scientists believe that at one point the ancestors of living birds may have had two functional vocal organs that sounded together, until eventually the larynx went silent and only the syrinx remained functional.
A syrinx may then develop in the cervical region of the spinal cord.
By draining syrinx fluid, a shunt can arrest the progression of symptoms and relieve pain, headache, and tightness.
Captain Calvert, along with Captain Syrinx and others is one of those directly responsible for ending the possession crisis.
Dexter begins to infect the Norfolk locals while Calvert begins to trade in the extremely revered "Norfolk Tears", an alcoholic beverage, coming into opposition with Syrinx.
First, the surgeon must locate the syrinx.
Furthermore, evidence also suggests that impact injuries to the thorax area highly correlate with the occurrence of a cervical-located syrinx.
Here, the syrinx or cyst develops in a segment of the spinal cord damaged by one of these conditions.
If a tumor is causing syringomyelia, removal of the tumor is the treatment of choice and almost always eliminates the syrinx.
In music main Claude Debussy based his 1913 "Syrinx (La Flute De Pan)" on Pan's sadness over losing his love; the piece is still popular today.
In the trilogy, Syrinx is a member of the transhumanist future society known as Edenism, and serves as the captain of the Oenone, a living starship.
James McCalla, Twentieth-century Chamber Music: Routledge Studies in Musical Genres, Routledge, 2003, p.48 French Baroque composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair composed "Pan et Syrinx", a cantata for voice & ensemble (No. 4 of Second livre de cantates).
Longus makes reference to Syrinx in his tale of "Daphnis and Chloe" in Book 2:34.
Syrinx and Calvert both participate, their ships and skills aiding each other considerably, to the Tyrathca home system then to the location of the "god".
Syrinx, a young Edenist, is next introduced, leading life from a young age telepathically attached to a bitek starship called Oenone.
Common combinations with syrinx
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the syrinx 12×
- syrinx is 3×
- syrinx in 3×
- to syrinx 3×
- of syrinx 2×
- syrinx are 2×
- syrinx and 2×
- syrinx or 2×
- syrinx travels 2×