The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SYRINGE
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More clues leading to the result SYRINGE
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- One in medical administration’s year with cartel in south-east
- Medical instrument suppliers originally manufactured in grey
- Crazed singer swallowing unknown medical item
- Spray shrub briefly with last of insecticide
- 3 Religious instruction accepted by dramatist that supplies dope
- Ecstasy ring expected to stock drug injector?
- Yankee enthralled by singer playing instrument
- Sharp instrument, point getting round to puncture you
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The straight part
We know that "One in medical administration" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one in medical administration = syringe.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SYRINGE mean?
SYRINGE noun- A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
- A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.
- To clean, or inject fluid, by means of a syringe.