1) Engraving instrument 2) Engraving tool 3) Graving tool 4) Sharp-pointed instrument 5) Slender dagger 6) Slender, pointed weapon 7) Small needlelike appendage 8) Style 9) Surgical instrument 10) Surgical piercing device 11) Surgical probe
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1) Perforator 2) Wire
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[anatomy] A stylet is a hard, sharp, anatomical structure found in some invertebrates. For example, the word stylet or stomatostyle is used for the primitive piercing mouthparts of some nematodes and some nemerteans. In these groups the stylet is a hardened protrusible opening to the stomach. The mouthparts of tardigrades and aphids are als...
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In nematodes: Hollow protrusible spear used to puncture plants or animal prey.
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• (n.) A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging. • (n.) A small poniard; a stiletto. • (n.) Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria. • (n.) An instrument for examining...
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(from the article `cirripede`) ...a gill or at the base of a seta. The cyprid metamorphoses, and all body parts, except certain cells and organ rudiments of the head, are ... The piercing–sucking mouthparts are composed of a troughlike, four-segmented labium in which lie four stylets; these are modified mandibles and ... Nematod...
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A needle-like object: applied to the various components of piercing mouthparts and also to a part of the sting of a bee or other hymenopteran.
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A small poniard; a stiletto. ... 2. <surgery> An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, called also specillum. A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging. ... 3. <zoology> Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike or...
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(sti´lәt) a wire run through a catheter or cannula to render it stiff or to remove debris from its lumen. a slender probe.
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Sty'let noun [ French, dim. of style ; confer Italian stiletto . See Stiletto .] A small poniard; a stiletto. 2. (Surg.) (a) An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, -- called also specillum .
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Type: Term Pronunciation: stī′let, stī-let′ Definitions: 1. A flexible metallic rod inserted in the lumen of a flexible catheter to stiffen it and give it form during its passage. 2. A slender probe. Synonyms: style, stylus3, stilus
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[
n] - small needle-like appendage
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noun small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade
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a stiletto or dagger. · any similar sharp-pointed instrument. · · 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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