capiat
capiat noun: an instrument for removing foreign bodies from a cavity, such as placental remnants from the uterus.
Noun
capiat (plural capiats)
- An instrument for removing foreign bodies from a cavity, such as placental remnants from the uterus.
- Fragments of the membranes, or placenta, may be readily removed with the Capiat. Right here it may be remembered that a metallic instrument can be rendered thoroughly aseptic much more readily and surely than the hand.1891, Ferdinand Eugene Daniel, Medical Insurance
- The instrument closed, as seen in Fig. 1, is then passed along the finger to the os, in and through the cervix up to the fundus of the uterus, which may be determined both by the distance and the resistance to the broad rounded head of the Capiat.1891, Texas Medical Association, Transactions, volume 23, page 175
Forms of capiat
| plural | capiats |
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Origin of capiat
From Latin capiat (“let it take”).
Questions about capiat
- What does capiat mean?
- Capiat means an instrument for removing foreign bodies from a cavity, such as placental remnants from the uterus.
- What part of speech is capiat?
- Capiat is a noun.
- What is the plural of capiat?
- The plural of capiat is capiats.
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