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NELATON'S PROBE

\nˈɛlatənz pɹˈə͡ʊb], \nˈɛlatənz pɹˈə‍ʊb], \n_ˈɛ_l_a_t_ə_n_z p_ɹ_ˈəʊ_b]\

Definitions of NELATON'S PROBE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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a bullet-probe with an unglazed porcelain head.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A p. with an unglazed porcelain tip, used in bullet wounds. The tip receives a black mark when it touches a leaden bullet. [Auguste Nelaton, Parisian surgeon, 1807-1873.]
See Nelaton. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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