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electric needle

noun

, Surgery.


electric needle

noun

  1. a surgical instrument for cutting tissue by the application of a high-frequency current
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

I watched as the man ahead of me had letters and numbers carved into his skin in black ink with an electric needle.

"That's really good," the 21-year-old art student says, and Coca presses his electric needle to her forearm.

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“That’s really good,” the 21-year-old art student says, and Coca presses his electric needle to her forearm.

I must say that I admired the efficiency with which she whipped the material back and forth under the massive electric needle.

A 10,000 volt electric needle is then used to draw out a fibre.

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