(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; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria.
Example Sentences:
(1) The use of wire stylets to facilitate passage of these tubes has increased the chances of unrecognized tracheal intubations, particularly in obtunded patients.
(2) A nasotracheal intubation using the stylet component of a recently introduced airway device, the Augustine Guide, was successfully performed.
(4) The first lighted stylet was described some 30 years ago, and the method of transillumination as an aid in difficult intubation developed over the following years.
(5) This is believed to be the first reported use of this method using the Augustine stylet.
(6) There is controversy as to whether angiographic needles without stylets produce more arterial damage than those with stylets.
(7) They suck, by means of a stylet acting as a piston, all components of the muscle cell which develops into a nurse cell, into their oral cavity.
(8) At operation the cranial part of the stylet lay in the fourth ventricle, compressing the facial nerve as well as the nucleus of the abducens nerve.
(9) With the aid of a fiberoptic laryngoscope and stylet within an endotracheal tube, a video camera, a monitor, and a recorder to correlate the effects of various manipulations of the airway on access to the trachea, a suitable approach was devised.
(10) X marks the spot where sea slug A gently inserts its penile stylet into sea slug B's forehead.
(11) The metallic-weighted tips and stiffening introducing stylets create the potential for misplacement with potentially serious consequences.
(12) Although not statistically significant, our results suggest a useful role for the lighted stylet in nasotracheal intubation in the apneic patient.
(13) The successful use of guided nasotracheal intubation using a flexible lighted stylet is described, and its application to the critically injured patient is emphasized.
(14) An optical stylet was developed which can be inserted into an endotracheal tube, and the passage through the vocal cords and position of the cuff in the trachea could be controlled visually.
(15) PVDF receives acoustic energy from the US scanner and transmits an electrical signal through the stylet and a shielded cable to the scanner, which results in appearance of a bright echo on the monitor at the location of the needle tip.
(16) Clinical experience with a method of guided orotracheal intubation using a rigid-wire lighted stylet prompted us to develop a technique to confirm correct intratracheal placement of an endotracheal tube using a new flexible lighted stylet designed for nasotracheal intubation.
(17) Both a unique locking stylet to allow traction without lead elongation and a sheath to dilate and detach adherent fibrous tissue are needed for consistent success.
(18) When a stylet was inserted the proximal echo disappeared as the diffracting edges decreased to a single echo.
(19) Reentry into the bladder is effected by a perforating guidewire (transseptal stylet).
(20) A miniaturized motor in a 20-mL syringe produces low-speed rotation of the distal helical stylet for tissue acquisition.
Stylus
Definition:
(n.) An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.
(n.) That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond.
(n.) The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.
(n.) A pen-shaped pointing device used to specify the cursor position on a graphics tablet.
Example Sentences:
(1) This has been possible by (1) the use of specially modified SFM tips with a consistent radius of curvature of 10 nm or less, to minimize the amount of image distortion introduced by the finite dimensions of commercially available tips, (2) the optimization of a method to deposit and bind DNA molecules to the mica surface in a stable fashion, and (3) careful control of the sample humidity, to prevent solvation of the molecules and detachment from the surface by the scanning tip or stylus.
(2) The procedure consisted in an aversive stimulus that the patient received every time he traced one of the four maze-paths connected to an electric shock generator with a stylus.
(3) Alterations in surface roughness were determined and compared with an electromechanical stylus.
(4) The method of operative treatment with the fixation of the epicondyle with the help of a screw-stylus which, while fixing the fragments, allows early development of movements in the elbow articulation.
(5) Three groups of four monkeys were trained to negotiate a small hand ("stylus") maze, and to use a "pointer" to guide response in a two-choice position discrimination task.
(6) The S Pen is responsive and easy to use, but actually using a stylus on a phone feels clumsy and fiddly, meaning it can safely be ignored in favour of a finger unless you're actually trying to sketch something on-screen.
(7) As a corrective procedure, it is recommended that the baseline width produced by a round recording stylus of uniform thickness irrespective of the vertical deflection velocity should be less.
(8) The physician uses a stylus to point, draw and handwrite on a Dynamic Dialog Interface that provides the same flexibility as the paper record and numerous other advantages.
(9) Men with chronic, penetrating missile wounds of the brain were examined with two `spatial' tasks: a visually-guided stylus maze and a locomotor map-reading task.
(10) The capacity to process information during movement selection and execution was studied in Parkinsonian patients and controls in a task involving movement of a hand-held stylus between two targets whose size and separation could be systematicaly varied.
(11) The stylus is removed after insertion of the plug into the vas deferens.
(12) For 1024 points with a 25 msec sampling time, the trajectory of the stylus pen was transmitted to the computer in real time.
(13) With its large 5.7in screen and S Pen stylus, the Note 3 is unashamedly a phablet that will stretch prospective buyers hands and pockets, but provide fast and fluid experience while its at it.
(14) Pen Window allows you to perform multi-window multi-tasking, by drawing out a window of your desired size with the stylus that you can fill with a select few apps that include Google Hangouts, a browser and a calculator - something that sounds potentially useful, but ends up being laborious to use and slower than just switching between dedicated full-screen apps.
(15) At higher forces individual circular DNA molecules can be manipulated with the SFM stylus.
(16) Retroactive interference was observed during relearning of a radial stylus maze and during relearning of the locations of pairs of playing cards in a concentration game.
(17) On a modification of the Fitts Reciprocal Tapping task children moved a stylus (held in the hand or attached to a special shoe worn on the foot) between two metal targets separated by different distances.
(18) The stylus-sample forces that may be endured before sample damage occurs depends on the ambient relative humidity.
(19) A stylus with 45-degree cuspal angulation and an opposing copper-plated lower arch was used for approximation of the natural situation.
(20) None of the past methods of marking call numbers on the spines or covers of books-direct hand lettering by pen, brush, or stylus; affixing cold release characters; embossing by hot type; or gluing labels which are handlettered, typed, or printed-nor even present automatic data processing systems have offered all the advantages of the relatively new Se-Lin labeling system: legibility, reasonable speed of application, automatic protective covering, permanent bonding, and no need for a skilled letterer.