n 1  :  a small slender usu. steel instrument designed to carry sutures when sewing tissues in surgery  2  :  a slender hollow instrument for introducing material into or removing material from the body parenterally
vt, nee*dled  nee*dling   :  to puncture, operate on, or inject with a needle <needling a cataract>  <s the population against polio>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  na·tal  net·tle  ni·dal  nod·al 
 
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