Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A stiff wire used to give shape and rigidity to a soft catheter during its introduction.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun medicine A metal wire or stylet inserted into a flexible catheter to give it shape and firmness while passing through a hollow tubular structure.

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Examples

  • This season they have mandrin balloon on their menu.

    The Search for Auckland's Best Fish Continues Jerine 2009

  • This season they have mandrin balloon on their menu.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Jerine 2009

  • It was reported that earlier today, a strong gale-force wind carried the mandrin orange parfait trend to neigboring states including Queensland.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Jerine 2009

  • It was reported that earlier today, a strong gale-force wind carried the mandrin orange parfait trend to neigboring states including Queensland.

    WHILE THE ENTIRE AUSTRALIA IS TALKING ABOUT DUST STORM Jerine 2009

  • The weather system generated huge amount of dust, thus made the whole city looks like mandrin orange parfait served on your dinner table.

    WHILE THE ENTIRE AUSTRALIA IS TALKING ABOUT DUST STORM Jerine 2009

  • Those days during Deepavali, we'll get food from our Indian neighbors, on Raya, the Malay neighbors will send us some ketupat and lemang, on Chinese New Year, the Chinese neighbor will give us red packet and mandrin oranges.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Jerine 2009

  • The weather system generated huge amount of dust, thus made the whole city looks like mandrin orange parfait served on your dinner table.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Jerine 2009

  • Those days during Deepavali, we'll get food from our Indian neighbors, on Raya, the Malay neighbors will send us some ketupat and lemang, on Chinese New Year, the Chinese neighbor will give us red packet and mandrin oranges.

    Stop asking why I don't want to go back to Malaysia Jerine 2009

  • It's the same thing again this Chinese New Year ... mandrin oranges, cookies, ang pau, fire crackers, etc, etc ....

    Archive 2006-02-01 Jerine 2006

  • It's the same thing again this Chinese New Year ... mandrin oranges, cookies, ang pau, fire crackers, etc, etc ....

    Chinese New Year torture Jerine 2006

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  • This might need to go on the "worse than it sounds" list....

    January 26, 2011

  • or...

    January 26, 2011

  • Good...er...point, ruzuzu.

    January 27, 2011

  • Ow.

    January 27, 2011