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microdrill

microdrill noun: a microscopic drill (boring tool).

Noun

microdrill (plural microdrills)

  1. A microscopic drill (boring tool).
    • The skin over the skull was incised, and a small hole was made in the skull above the target using a microdrill.2015 August 18, Kohei Hironaka et al., “Enzyme replacement in the CSF to treat metachromatic leukodystrophy in mouse model using single intracerebroventricular injection of self-complementary AAV1...

Forms of microdrill

pluralmicrodrills

Origin of microdrill

From micro- + drill.

Questions about microdrill

What does microdrill mean?
Microdrill means a microscopic drill (boring tool).
What part of speech is microdrill?
Microdrill is a noun.
What is the plural of microdrill?
The plural of microdrill is microdrills.

Words near microdrill in the dictionary

  1. microdrawings
  2. microdress
  3. microdresses
  4. microdrile
  5. microdriles
  6. microdrill
  7. microdrills
  8. microdrive
  9. microdrives
  10. microdrone
  11. microdrones

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