instillator

plural instillators

1. An instiller.
2. medicineA 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.

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

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

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

   1907, James William White, Edward Martin, Genito-urinary Surgery and Venereal Diseases, page 160

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

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