单词 | stylet |
释义 | stylet/ˈstʌɪlɪt /noun 1 Medicine A slender probe. 1.1A wire or piece of plastic run through a catheter or cannula in order to stiffen it or to clear it.I can still clean the blood from an infusion needle with a wire stylet, sharpen it on an Arkansas stone, check for barbs using a cotton ball, and re-sterilize it....
2 Zoology (In an invertebrate) a small style, especially a piercing mouthpart of an insect.PPV is transmitted by aphids - small, teardrop-shaped insects with a sharp mouthpart called a stylet for sucking out plant sap....
OriginLate 17th century: from French stilet, from Italian stiletto (see stiletto). Rhymes |
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