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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In surgery, a probe-pointed bistoury, used for cutting a fistula.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Surg. & Anat.) A small blunt-pointed bistoury, -- used in syringotomy.

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  • noun surgery A small blunt-pointed bistoury used in syringotomy.

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Compare French syringotome.

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