A syringe tip (1) for a syringe and the like in which the bore (2) of the tip tapers so as to increase in diameter from the end of the tip (4) adjacent the barrel of a syringe towards the distal end (3) of the tip and the outside diameter of said tip (1) tapers so as to decrease in diameter from the proximal end of the tip (adjacent the barrel of said syringe) towards the distal end of the tip (3).