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n. A slender, pointed instrument or weapon, such as a stiletto.

n. A surgical probe.

n. A fine wire that is run through a catheter, cannula, or hollow needle to keep it stiff or clear of debris.

n. Zoology A small, stiff, needlelike organ or appendage, such as the feeding organ of a tardigrade.

n. A slender medical probe or device.

n. A stiff, slender organ of an animal.

n. A style of a plant's flower.

n. A stiletto or poniard.

n. An engraving tool.

n. A small poniard; a stiletto.

n.

n. An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, -- called also specillum.

n. A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging.

n. Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ.

n. A slender pointed instrument; a stiletto.

n. In surgery, the perforator of a trocar; the stiffening wire or rod in a flexible catheter; sometimes, a probe. Also stilette.

n. In zoology, a little style; also, a style; specifically, in entomology, one of the second of the t hree pairs of rhabdites or appendages of the abdominal sternites entering into the formation of the ovipositor. See cut under Arctisca.

n. Specifically— Same as cercopod. Compare style, 2 .

n. In fishes, one of the slender rays of bone on or above the base of the ribs; the epipleural.

n. small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade

"The needle stylet was removed and a 1-mm fiber-optic micro endoscope was introduced into the needle sheath to allow direct visualization of the bipolar cord cauterization procedure."

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