Translation guide
A stylet is a small, slender surgical instrument or probe. This guide covers how to refer to stylets in medical and technical contexts in Japanese.
A thin, pointed instrument used in surgery or medical procedures, such as a probe or a wire inside a catheter.
The most common direct loanword from English, used widely in medical settings for various types of stylets.
挿管時にスタイレットを使用する。
Use a stylet during intubation.
A thin wire or rod inserted into a catheter or needle to provide stiffness or to clear the lumen.
Often used interchangeably with stylet in the context of catheters, though technically a guidewire. Very common in clinical settings.
カテーテルを挿入する前にガイドワイヤーを入れる。
Insert a guidewire before placing the catheter.
A small, stiff, needle-like structure in some animals, such as the piercing mouthpart of certain insects or the copulatory organ of some flatworms.
Specifically refers to the copulatory stylet in flatworms and other invertebrates.
扁形動物の交接針は種によって形状が異なる。
The copulatory stylet of flatworms varies in shape depending on the species.
In medical settings, スタイレット is widely understood. For academic or technical writing, especially in zoology, use the specific Japanese terms like 交接針 or 口針.
Do not translate 'stylet' as 小剣 (small sword) or similar literal terms; they are not used in medical or biological contexts.
A traditional Japanese term for a slender probe or stylet, often used in older medical literature or specific contexts like urethral sounds.
消息子を用いて尿道を検査する。
Examine the urethra using a stylet.
Literally 'probing needle', this can refer to a stylet-like instrument in some contexts, but is less specific and more general.
傷の深さを探り針で調べる。
Check the depth of the wound with a probe.
Literally 'inner needle', used for the stylet inside a needle, such as in a spinal needle.
穿刺針の内針を抜く。
Remove the stylet from the puncture needle.
Also used specifically for catheter stylets, though less common than guidewire in some contexts.
スタイレットでカテーテルの先端を補強する。
Reinforce the catheter tip with a stylet.
Used for the piercing mouthpart (stylet) of insects like aphids or mosquitoes.
アブラムシは口針を植物に突き刺して汁を吸う。
Aphids pierce plants with their stylet to suck sap.
The loanword is sometimes used in zoological contexts, but native terms are preferred in academic writing.
この昆虫のスタイレットは非常に細い。
The stylet of this insect is very thin.