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mandrin

n. (context medicine English) A metal wire or stylet inserted into a flexible catheter to give it shape and firmness while passing through a hollow tubular structure.

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Mandrin (medical equipment)

A mandrin is a metal guide for flexible catheters. It is a stiff wire or stylet inserted into the soft catheter and gives it shape and firmness while passing through a hollow tubular structure. It is sometimes called a mandrel, although a mandrel may refer to other types of instruments as well.

Mandrin

Mandrin may refer to:

  • Mandrin (medical equipment), a metal guide for flexible catheters
  • Mandrin (1923 film), a French film of 1923
  • Mandrin (1947 film), a film starring Armand Bernard
  • Mandrin (1962 film), a film set in Pérouges

Usage examples of "mandrin".

The Schinderhannes division, the brigades of Mandrin, Cartouche, Poulailler, Trestaillon, and Tropmann appeared in the gloom, shooting down and massacring.

Duprat threatens to enter by force and have them executed on the spot, and, under his leadership, the army of Mandrins advances against Avignon.

If, by the deformity of certain terms, we recognise that it was mumbled by Mandrin, by the splendour of certain metonomies, we feel that it was spoken by Villon.

Yes, by the deformity of certain terms, we recognize the fact that it was chewed by Mandrin, and by the splendor of certain metonymies, we feel that Villon spoke it.

He had no idea who Jonas Mandrin was, but he was very curious as to how Judge Niland knew he was Ruble Noon.