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51needle electrode — a thin, cylindrical electrode with an outer shaft beveled to a sharp point, enclosing a wire or series of wires; needle electrodes are used to explore the activity of single motor or nerve units or stimulate them …
52needle — nee·dle || nɪËdl n. slender pointed tools (usually of metal, often with a hole a one end) used with thread (or string) for sewing or other handcrafts; implement used in sewing or embroidering; sharp implement for suturing or other hypodermic… …
53needle — noun 1》 a very fine, slender piece of metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing. ↘a similar, larger instrument used in crochet, knitting, etc. 2》 the pointed hollow end of a hypodermic syringe. 3》 …
54needle — n. a slender sharp pointed instrument used for a variety of purposes. The size and shape of needles used in surgery for sewing up tissue depend on the type of surgery. Nowadays most needles have suture material fused onto them (so called… …
55needle-shaped — adj pointed, needlelike, acicular, aciform, acuminate, aculeate, mucronate; spiked, spic ulate, spicular, toothed, tined, pronged, barbed; sharp, long, slender, keen, thin …
56needle tooth — noun : a small dark sharp tooth of a newborn pig called also black tooth …
57pine needle — pine .needle n a leaf of the ↑pine tree, which is thin and sharp like a needle …
58pine needle — noun (C) a leaf of the pinetree, that is thin and sharp like a needle …
59Dipping needle — Needle Nee dle (n[=e] d l), n. [OE. nedle, AS. n[=ae]dl; akin to D. neald, OS. n[=a]dla, G. nadel, OHG. n[=a]dal, n[=a]dala, Icel. n[=a]l, Sw. n[*a]l, Dan. naal, and also to G. n[ a]hen to sew, OHG. n[=a]jan, L. nere to spin, Gr. ne ein, and perh …
60Sea needle — Needle Nee dle (n[=e] d l), n. [OE. nedle, AS. n[=ae]dl; akin to D. neald, OS. n[=a]dla, G. nadel, OHG. n[=a]dal, n[=a]dala, Icel. n[=a]l, Sw. n[*a]l, Dan. naal, and also to G. n[ a]hen to sew, OHG. n[=a]jan, L. nere to spin, Gr. ne ein, and perh …
