Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
hypotube (also hypo-tube, hypo tube)
English answer:
fine tube, often of stainless steel (named after hypodermic needles)
Added to glossary by
Jörgen Slet
May 29, 2006 18:13
17 yrs ago
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English term
Estonia
19 years of biomedical translation
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Works in: English to Estonian, Estonian to English
hypotube
English
Medical
Medical: Instruments
also hypo-tube, hypo tube
"Balloon Wire consists of a compliant balloon mounted on a hypo-tube based shaft with a flexible distal section transitioning to a soft floppy tip"
What is it exactly ?
"Balloon Wire consists of a compliant balloon mounted on a hypo-tube based shaft with a flexible distal section transitioning to a soft floppy tip"
What is it exactly ?
Responses
| 4 +2 | fine stainless steel tube |
Jack Doughty
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| 5 | hypodermic tube |
Tomed
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| 4 | hypotube |
moderngrinding
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Responses
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Jack Doughty
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fine stainless steel tube
There is a long article about its manufacture at
http://www.medtube.com/hypo_tb.htm
from which it is apparent that one of its uses is for hypodermic needles, which may be where the name comes from.
http://www.medtube.com/hypo_tb.htm
from which it is apparent that one of its uses is for hypodermic needles, which may be where the name comes from.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, I suspected this etymology, but not being a native speaker, I was afraid I might have missed something :)
And thanks for pointing out alternative materials, tomed.
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Tomed
Works in field
hypodermic tube
a hypodermic tube can be of may materials - often from steel, but also alloy, plastic, combination,even glass.... it is a hollow thing, a tube, to get something under the skin - hypo-dermic.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-05-29 19:30:13 GMT)
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under/through the skin into the body, vessel, peritoneum, etc
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-05-29 19:30:13 GMT)
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under/through the skin into the body, vessel, peritoneum, etc
Reference:
http://www.answers.com/topic/hypodermic-needle
http://fluid-power.globalspec.com/Industrial-Directory/Hypodermic_Tube
2641 days
hypotube
Hypotubes are small diameter tubes used in medical applications. They can be used as needles and guidewire tubing. They can be tapered, they can have ptfe/teflon coating.
http://www.moderngrinding.com/hypotubes.php
http://www.moderngrinding.com/hypotubes.php
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