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View synonyms for stylet
stylet
[ stahy-lit ]
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.
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
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stylet1
C17: from French stilet, from Old Italian stiletto ; influenced in spelling by Latin stylus style
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Example Sentences
We then let the shutter fall, when the little stylet will inscribe a certain number of vibrations.
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Leaves abruptly pinnate, the place of the odd leaflet taken by a stylet.
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Leaves opposite, abruptly pinnate with a stylet in place of the odd leaflet.
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Leaves 1½–2° long, opposite, abruptly pinnate, a thick stylet taking the place of the odd leaflet.
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It contained three instruments all of silver, a cyathiscomele, a grooved director, and a plain double-ended stylet.
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