Microguidewire

noun

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Noun
  1. 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)."

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"Navigation of the microcatheter into the aneurysm was performed with the assistance of a 0.012 inch microguidewire (GT wire; Terumo, Tokyo, Japan)."

Etymology

From micro- + guidewire.

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