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guidewire /guide·wire/ (gīd´wīr) a thin, usually flexible wire that can be inserted into a confined or tortuous space to act as a guide for subsequent insertion of a stiffer or bulkier instrument.

guidewire

[gīd′wī·ər]

Etymology: ME, guiden, to guard; AS, wir

a device used to position an IV catheter, endotracheal tube, central venous line, or gastric feeding tube or to localize a tumor during open breast biopsy.

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