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 for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy.
Wiktionary
n. (context surgery English) (alternative form of trocar English)
Usage examples of "trochar".
A bottle of bloat mixture, a trochar and cannula, a packet of gentian and mix vomica.
Slowly and delicately the trochar was turned until it bored through solid bone.
A bottle of bloat mixture, a trochar and cannula, a packet of gentian and mix vomica.
It lay on an old-fashÂioned porcelain embalming table, reflected many times in the glass panes of cabinets holding trochars and packages of Rock-Hard Cavity Fluid.