Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An anatomical instrument for opening the spinal canal, without injuring the medulla.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A dissecting instrument for opening the spinal canal.
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- noun A
dissecting instrument for opening thespinal canal .
Etymologies
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French, from Ancient Greek the spine + to cut.
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