Trocar
//ˈtɹəʊkɑː(ɹ)// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.
"He wheeled his first patient over to the operating room […] and began pulling out the marrow, plunging a steel trocar repeatedly into the hip and drawing out the cells."
Example
More examples"He wheeled his first patient over to the operating room […] and began pulling out the marrow, plunging a steel trocar repeatedly into the hip and drawing out the cells."
Etymology
From French trocart, corruption of trois-quart.
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