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cystotomes

cystotomes is the plural of cystotome.

Meaning of cystotome

Noun

cystotome (plural cystotomes)

  1. Any of a class of surgical knives for making incisions in the urinary bladder.
  2. Any of a class of surgical knives for making incisions in the ocular lens.
    • In the ordinary capsulotomy some of the difficulties come from the instrument itself but more and greater ones from the conditions under which it must be used. The straight capsulotome is kept sharp with difficulty. It cuts only when drawn toward the operator, at right angles to this it simply...1911 July, Homer E. Smith, “Preliminary Capsulotomy—an Improved Method for the Extraction of the Immature Cataractous Lens. [abstract]”, in The Journal of Ophthalmology, Otology and Laryngology...
    Synonyms:
    capsulotome

Questions about cystotomes

What is cystotomes the plural of?
Cystotomes is the plural of cystotome.

Words near cystotomes in the dictionary

  1. cystostomies
  2. cystostomy
  3. cystothiazole
  4. cystothiazoles
  5. cystotome
  6. cystotomes
  7. cystotomies
  8. cystotomy
  9. cystoureterogram
  10. cystoureterograms
  11. cystoureterography

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