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microguidewire

microguidewire noun: a very thin guidewire.

Noun

microguidewire (plural microguidewires)

  1. A very thin guidewire.
    • Navigation of the microcatheter into the aneurysm was performed with the assistance of a 0.012 inch microguidewire (GT wire; Terumo, Tokyo, Japan).2014 July 17, Hidenori Oishi et al., “Treatment results of endosaccular coil embolization of asymptomatic unruptured intracranial aneurysms in elderly patients”, in Journal of Neurointerventional...

Forms of microguidewire

pluralmicroguidewires

Origin of microguidewire

From micro- + guidewire.

Questions about microguidewire

What does microguidewire mean?
Microguidewire means a very thin guidewire.
What part of speech is microguidewire?
Microguidewire is a noun.
What is the plural of microguidewire?
The plural of microguidewire is microguidewires.

Words near microguidewire in the dictionary

  1. microground
  2. microgrower
  3. microgrowers
  4. microgrowth
  5. microgs
  6. microguidewire
  7. microguidewires
  8. microgyne
  9. microgynes
  10. microgyration
  11. microgyri

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