Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A knife, chisel, or shears used in dissection for cutting through the costal cartilages and opening the thoracic cavity; a cartilage-knife.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
instrument to cut theribs and open thethoracic cavity inpost mortems .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
costa + Ancient Greek to cut.
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