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string
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   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Legal, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
string,
a cord, usually made of fiber, configured in a long thin line.

string
1. twine, very thin rope.
2. a term used to denote a group of dairy cattle housed together in a free stall system based on stage of lactation and production with string 1 being the most recently calved and the highest producing cows, usually containing cows to the time of peak lactation after which they would move to string 2 and subsequently later strings. This allows groups of cattle to be fed separately on the basis of production.

string foreign body
see linear foreign body.
string sign
seen in radiographs of the stenosed gastric pylorus as contrast medium is forced into the limited canal.


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