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mandrin

[ măn′drĭn ]

n.

A stiff wire or stylet inserted into a soft catheter to give it shape and firmness while passing through a hollow tubular structure.mandrel

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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Examples from the Web for mandrin

Two German soldiers were throwing down hay from the gable end of the Mandrin livery-stable which overlooked the wall.
Home Fires in France|Dorothy Canfield
They should not carry off everything from the Mandrin pharmacy!
Home Fires in France|Dorothy Canfield
Mandrin was the son of a peasant in Dauphiny who dealt in cattle.
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things|Edmund Fillingham King
As he left, he said, "Personally I have not the faintest idea they will penetrate as far as Mandrin—not the faintest!"
Home Fires in France|Dorothy Canfield

Mandrin, with those that survived of his little party, were carried prisoners to Valence in Dauphiny.
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things|Edmund Fillingham King