stylet

[ stahy-lit ]
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noun
  1. a stiletto or dagger.

  2. any similar sharp-pointed instrument.

  1. Medicine/Medical.

    • a probe.

    • a wire run through the length of a catheter, cannula, or needle to make it rigid or to clear it.

Origin of stylet

1
1690–1700; <French <Middle French stilet<Italian stilettostiletto; -y-<Latin stylus.See style, stylus

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stylet

/ (ˈstaɪlɪt) /


noun
  1. surgery

    • a wire for insertion into a flexible cannula or catheter to maintain its rigidity or patency during passage

    • a slender probe

  2. zoology any small pointed bristle-like part

Origin of stylet

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C17: from French stilet, from Old Italian stiletto; influenced in spelling by Latin stylus style

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