stylet
a stiletto or dagger.
any similar sharp-pointed instrument.
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
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How to use stylet in a sentence
To locate a suitable place to penetrate her host, the female mosquito vibrates her stylets, a bit like starting up a drill.
Evolution made mosquitos into stealthy, sensitive vampires | Erica McAlister | October 15, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIt’s on the end of this stylet that receptors AsOr8 and AaOr49 are located.
Evolution made mosquitos into stealthy, sensitive vampires | Erica McAlister | October 15, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWe then let the shutter fall, when the little stylet will inscribe a certain number of vibrations.
Leaves abruptly pinnate, the place of the odd leaflet taken by a stylet.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de TaveraLeaves opposite, abruptly pinnate with a stylet in place of the odd leaflet.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de Tavera
Leaves 1½–2° long, opposite, abruptly pinnate, a thick stylet taking the place of the odd leaflet.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de TaveraIt contained three instruments all of silver, a cyathiscomele, a grooved director, and a plain double-ended stylet.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times | John Stewart Milne
British Dictionary definitions for stylet
/ (ˈstaɪlɪt) /
surgery
a wire for insertion into a flexible cannula or catheter to maintain its rigidity or patency during passage
a slender probe
zoology any small pointed bristle-like part
Origin of stylet
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