strip

(strĭp )

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1. To remove all contents from a hollow organ or tube, esp. by gentle pressure, as to strip the seminal vesicles.
2. A long slender band of tissue, e.g., one removed surgically for transplantation elsewhere in the body.
3. An electrocardiographic tracing that typically shows the electrical activity of the heart in one or two ECG leads. Formally known as a rhythm strip.

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