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Pointed surgical tool
Answer for the clue "Pointed surgical tool ", 6 letters:
trocar
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
A trocar (variant of trochar ; from French troquard , an alteration of trois-quarts meaning three-quarters , from trois meaning three + quart meaning quarter ; first recorded in the Dictionnaire des Arts et des Sciences , 1694, by Thomas Corneille , younger ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trocar \Tro"car\, n. [F. trocart (or trois-quarts, i. e., three quarters); trois three (L. tres) + carre the side of a sword blade; -- so called from its triangular point.] (Surg.) A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or ...
Usage examples of trocar.
Liv me faz lembrar isso sempre e, para estarmos juntos, trocar carinhos, exercer livremente nosso delicioso incesto, temos de estar escondidos, como dois criminosos.
After removing the trocar from the lumen of the imbedded implantation needle, he attached the syringe.
The adhesions were separated and the cyst tapped with a large trocar, and then the septa between the cysts were broken down with the fingers.
On the further side, in front of the window, there was a board which was strewed with glittering instruments -- forceps, tenacula, saws, canulas, and trocars.
Paul's first goal was to introduce the trocar of the insufflation unit to fill the patient's abdominal cavity with gas.
Practice, and had promised to find him at least the bare essentials in instruments until he should have his allowance and the official chest - 'There are trocars, tenaculums and ball-scoops lying about by the dozen at the hospital, to say nothing of saws and bone-rasps.