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guide wire

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guide wire
In a theater stagehouse:
1. A steel cable which guides the vertical movement of a curtain.
2. A line which guides the movement of a counterweight arbor.


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The procedure involved piercing the skin on the left side of the neck with a needle, inserting an introducer into the skin, and inserting a guide wire through the introducer down through the jugular vein into the superior vena cava and beyond.
 
 
 
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