microhook

noun

microhook

noun

Etymology From micro- + hook.

1

A microscale hook.

The four sliding clamps carry microhooks which protrude from the capsule by 400–600 μm.2015 July 15, Stephen Woods, Timothy Constandinou, “Engineering Micromechanical Systems for the Next Generation Wireless Capsule Endoscopy”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.