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stylus /sty·lus/ (sti´lus)

1. stylet.

2. a pencil-shaped medicinal preparation, as of caustic.

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sty·lus (stls)

n. pl. sty·lus·es or sty·li (-l)

1. A pencil-shaped structure.

2. A pencil-shaped medicinal preparation for external application; as a medicated bougie.

3. See stylet.

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stylus

[stī′ləs]

1 a fine probe.

2 a wire inserted into a catheter to stiffen it.

3 a device that imprints electric activity and wave patterns on electrocardiographic, electroencephalographic, or similar graphic recordings.

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stylus,

n an ancient writing instrument. It has assumed importance in gnathology because a well-pointed stylus can be slid on dust-covered glass with a minimum of friction, thereby making the jaw-writing data more accurate.

stylus, surgical indicator,

n a small pointed instrument devised to mark the spot in the tissue where the intramucosal inserts will be placed. Styluses are seated in prepared depressions in the denture base and mark the mucosal tissue by puncturing it.

stylus tracer,

n See tracer, needle point.

stylus tracing,

n See tracing, needle point.

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stylus

1. a stylet.

2. a pencil or stick, as of caustic.