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n.

1. A slender, pointed instrument or weapon, such as a stiletto.
2. 1. A surgical probe.
   2. A fine wire that is run through a catheter, cannula, or hollow needle to keep it stiff or clear of debris.
3. Zoology. A small, stiff, needlelike organ or appendage, such as the feeding organ of a tardigrade.

[French, from Italian stiletto, stiletto. See stiletto.]

n

A wire inserted into a soft catheter or cannula to secure rigidity; a fine wire inserted into a hollow needle to maintain patency.

1. a wire run through a catheter or cannula to render it stiff or to remove debris from its lumen.
2. a slender probe.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - stilet, lille dolk

Nederlands (Dutch)
stilet

Français (French)
n. - stylet

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stilett, Sonde

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στιλέτο, (ιατρ.) στυλίσκος, λεπτή μήλη

Italiano (Italian)
stiletto, sonda

Português (Portuguese)
n. - estilete (m)

Русский (Russian)
стилет, зонд

Español (Spanish)
n. - estilete, púa, pincho

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - liten dolk, gravstickel, sond (läk.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
短剑, 匕首, 探针

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 短劍, 匕首, 探針

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 작은 칼, 가는 철사, 스타일릿

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 錐状の小剣, 穴あけ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خنجر رفيع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחדר - מכשיר המשמש בניתוחים, פגיון דק, עפרון מיוחד לשימוש עיוורים‬

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