stylet

[ stahy-lit ]

/ ˈstaɪ lɪt /

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noun

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.

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Origin of stylet

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

Words nearby stylet

style, stylebook, stylee, styler, style sheet, stylet, styli, stylie, styliform, styling mousse, stylish

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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-Science
It’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-Science
We then let the shutter fall, when the little stylet will inscribe a certain number of vibrations.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884|Various
Leaves abruptly pinnate, the place of the odd leaflet taken by a stylet.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines|T. H. Pardo de Tavera

Leaves 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 Tavera
It 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

stylet

/ (ˈstaɪlɪt) /

noun

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

Word Origin for stylet

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

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