Definition of Instillator

1. Noun. Medical apparatus that puts a liquid into a cavity drop by drop.

Generic synonyms: Apparatus, Setup
Derivative terms: Instill

Definition of Instillator

1. n. An instiller.

Medical Definition of Instillator

1. A device for performing instillation. Synonym: dropper. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Instillator

instigated
instigates
instigating
instigatingly
instigation
instigations
instigative
instigator
instigators
instigatour
instigatrix
instil
instill
instillation
instillations
instillator (current term)
instilled
instiller
instillers
instilling
instillment
instillments
instills
instilment
instils
instimulate
instimulated
instimulates
instimulating
instimulation

Literary usage of Instillator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Urology: Diseases of the Urinary Organs, Diseases of the Male Genital Organs by Edward Loughborough Keyes (1917)
"Chetwood irrigation. Filling the nozzle ...... 206 41.—Chetwood irrigation. Inserting the nozzle ...... 207 42.—Tip of instillator in bulbous urethra . ..."

2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1899)
"To ensure, furthermore, the entrance of the solution in single, successive drops, the olive of the instillator must be finely perforated, the calibre of the ..."

3. Buffalo Medical Journal (1907)
"The instillation is made with the greatest care and gentleness four times a day, immediately after urination, the instillator being placed just within the ..."

4. White and Martin's Genito-urinary surgery and venereal diseases by James William White (1918)
"Strong solutions are usually used, deposited in three- to ten-drop doses, by means of an instillator, just back of the compressor muscle, the desired result ..."

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