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Surgical instrument   /sˈərdʒɪkəl ˈɪnstrəmənt/   Listen
Surgical instrument

noun
1.
A medical instrument used in surgery.





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"Surgical instrument" Quotes from Famous Books



... and grandfather before him, Chas. Cluthe, founder of the Cluthe Rupture Institute, made his start in life in the Surgical Instrument business. ...
— Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured • Chas. Cluthe & Sons
... is so called, because it serves to fix together and to re-unite parts which are separated. It was, formerly a surgical instrument which, besides the use now particularly in question, served also to keep closed the lips of any extensive wounds. It is mentioned as being so applied by Oribuse,[202] and by Scribonius Largus.[203] Employed, therefore, as it was for ...
— Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction • John Davenport


Words linked to "Surgical instrument" :   snare, dermatome, dilator, dilater, curette, haemostat, surgical knife, trepan, trephine, hemostat, photocoagulator, probe, curet, medical instrument, retractor


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