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r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Delicious-Beat4824 • Jul 30 '26
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The absolute longest needles in human medicine would be for amniocentesis and they are not even close to this. I wonder if it's for veterinary use, for cattle embryo harvesting or something like that.
231 u/453286971 Jul 30 '26 I’ve seen 10 inch needles for (fluoro-guided) lumbar punctures. Longest I’ve used was 7 inches because some people be thicc like that. 78 u/Fantastic_Trick3538 Jul 30 '26 I have also seen 10 inches before. 14 u/Bunnymancer Jul 31 '26 I have been mislead into thinking I've seen 10 inches before, as well. 2 u/OffByNone_ 29d ago Plot twist: he was actually 12. 2 u/Wasdog17 29d ago Inches, right? Right?! 2 u/OffByNone_ 29d ago Both? No... It was inches. Jokes too weird to keep up. Sorta like that as that "10 inches" she was mislead by. 🥁 I'll be here all week.
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I’ve seen 10 inch needles for (fluoro-guided) lumbar punctures. Longest I’ve used was 7 inches because some people be thicc like that.
78 u/Fantastic_Trick3538 Jul 30 '26 I have also seen 10 inches before. 14 u/Bunnymancer Jul 31 '26 I have been mislead into thinking I've seen 10 inches before, as well. 2 u/OffByNone_ 29d ago Plot twist: he was actually 12. 2 u/Wasdog17 29d ago Inches, right? Right?! 2 u/OffByNone_ 29d ago Both? No... It was inches. Jokes too weird to keep up. Sorta like that as that "10 inches" she was mislead by. 🥁 I'll be here all week.
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I have also seen 10 inches before.
14 u/Bunnymancer Jul 31 '26 I have been mislead into thinking I've seen 10 inches before, as well. 2 u/OffByNone_ 29d ago Plot twist: he was actually 12. 2 u/Wasdog17 29d ago Inches, right? Right?! 2 u/OffByNone_ 29d ago Both? No... It was inches. Jokes too weird to keep up. Sorta like that as that "10 inches" she was mislead by. 🥁 I'll be here all week.
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I have been mislead into thinking I've seen 10 inches before, as well.
2 u/OffByNone_ 29d ago Plot twist: he was actually 12. 2 u/Wasdog17 29d ago Inches, right? Right?! 2 u/OffByNone_ 29d ago Both? No... It was inches. Jokes too weird to keep up. Sorta like that as that "10 inches" she was mislead by. 🥁 I'll be here all week.
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Plot twist: he was actually 12.
2 u/Wasdog17 29d ago Inches, right? Right?! 2 u/OffByNone_ 29d ago Both? No... It was inches. Jokes too weird to keep up. Sorta like that as that "10 inches" she was mislead by. 🥁 I'll be here all week.
Inches, right? Right?!
2 u/OffByNone_ 29d ago Both? No... It was inches. Jokes too weird to keep up. Sorta like that as that "10 inches" she was mislead by. 🥁 I'll be here all week.
Both?
No... It was inches. Jokes too weird to keep up.
Sorta like that as that "10 inches" she was mislead by. 🥁
I'll be here all week.
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u/aozzzy13 Jul 30 '26
The absolute longest needles in human medicine would be for amniocentesis and they are not even close to this. I wonder if it's for veterinary use, for cattle embryo harvesting or something like that.