Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a blunt end, like that of a probe; not sharp-pointed: as, probe-pointed scissors; a probe-pointed bistoury.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Surg.) Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; -- said of cutting instruments.
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Examples
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A probe-pointed bistoury is now to be slid along the director, and with its edge turned upwards and inwards, according to the seat of stricture, the following mentioned parts are to be divided -- viz., the falciform process, 6; the inner wall of the canal, which is continuous with the fascia propria, 9;
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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Sterile tray beside bed should contain duplicate (exact) tracheotomy tube, Trousseau dilator, hemostat, thumb forceps, silver probe, scissors, scalpel, probe-pointed curved bistoury.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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_Hooks_ are useful in the solution of various mechanical problems, and may be turned by the operator himself into various shapes by heating small probe-pointed steel rods in a spirit lamp, the proximal end being turned over at a right angle for a controlling handle.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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The author makes for himself steel probe-pointed rods out of which he bends hooks of any desired shape.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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It is needful to distend the urethra with tepid water or to insert a sound or catheter to furnish a guide upon which the incision may be made, and in case of a large stone it may be needful to enlarge the passage by cutting in a direction upward and outward with a probe-pointed knife, the back of which is slid along in the groove of a director until it enters the bladder.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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This failing, the calculus may be seized with a pair of fine-pointed forceps and withdrawn from the urethra; or, if necessary, a probe-pointed knife may be inserted and the urethra slightly dilated, or even laid open, and the stone removed.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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The incision may be made with a probe-pointed knife, and should be done by a professional man if possible.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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In cases where, from the hardness and density of the parts it is impossible to pass the probe and bring it out at the anus, a strong probe-pointed bistoury may be passed in by the external orifice till its probe-point can be felt by the finger in the bowel at the internal opening.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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It must then be slit up (Fig.XXXVII. _b b_) on the dorsum of the glans, with probe-pointed scissors, as far as the corona, and the glans will then be thoroughly exposed.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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When a small opening is made, an escape of the contained fluid takes place, and then the sac should be slit up as far as its neck by a probe-pointed bistoury, guided by the finger, introduced to protect the bowel, whenever the opening is sufficiently large.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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