instillator

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Noun

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instillator (plural instillators)

  1. An instiller.
  2. (medicine) A device for injecting controlled amounts of fluids or ointments into the urethra, consisting of a catheter with a fitting on the outside for a syringe.
    • 1907, James William White, Edward Martin, Genito-urinary Surgery and Venereal Diseases, page 160:
      Exceptionally it is extremely difficult to determine just when the instillator catheter has been introduced to the proper depth.
    • 1910, Edward Loughborough Keyes, Diseases of the genito-urinary organs, page 196:
      The Keyes or the Guyon instillator may be employed for fluids; only the former can be used with ointments .
    • 1916, Hobart Amory Hare, A Text-book of practical therapeutics, page 776:
      The use of the instillator is indicated when total flushings are unavailing.

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Latin

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Verb

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īnstīllātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of īnstīllō