instillator

English

Noun

instillator (plural instillators)

1. An instiller.
2. (medicine) A device for injecting controlled amounts of fluids or ointments into the urethra, consisting of a catheter with a fitting on the outside for a syringe.
   • 1907, James William White, Edward Martin, Genito-urinary Surgery and Venereal Diseases, page 160:

     Exceptionally it is extremely difficult to determine just when the instillator catheter has been introduced to the proper depth.

   • 1910, Edward Loughborough Keyes, Diseases of the genito-urinary organs, page 196:

     The Keyes or the Guyon instillator may be employed for fluids; only the former can be used with ointments .

   • 1916, Hobart Amory Hare, A Text-book of practical therapeutics, page 776:

     The use of the instillator is indicated when total flushings are unavailing.

References

• “instillator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

īnstīllātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of īnstīllō