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A small needle about 1 cm long, continuous with and in the same plane as a circle of wire that forms the head. A small intradermal needle with a handle the shape of a grain of wheat, used in the embedded needle method. A wheat-grain intradermal needle is inserted transversely into the skin to a depth of about 1 cm and the handle is then held flat against the skin by adhesive tape. See needle implantation.

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