microguidewire

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ guidewire

Noun

microguidewire (plural microguidewires)

1. A very thin guidewire.
   • 2014 July 17, Hidenori Oishi et al., “Treatment results of endosaccular coil embolization of asymptomatic unruptured intracranial aneurysms in elderly patients”, in Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery‎^[1], volume 7, →DOI:

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