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ecraseur

ecraseur noun: a surgical instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a chain to avoid haemorrhage.

Noun

ecraseur (plural ecraseurs)

  1. A surgical instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a chain to avoid haemorrhage.

Forms of ecraseur

pluralecraseurs
alternative formécraseur

Origin of ecraseur

French écraseur (“crusher”).

Questions about ecraseur

What does ecraseur mean?
Ecraseur means a surgical instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a chain to avoid haemorrhage.
What part of speech is ecraseur?
Ecraseur is a noun.
What is the plural of ecraseur?
The plural of ecraseur is ecraseurs.

Words near ecraseur in the dictionary

  1. ECR
  2. ecranche
  3. ecranches
  4. ecranisation
  5. ecranisations
  6. ecraseur
  7. ecraseurs
  8. ecrasite
  9. ECREE
  10. ecribellate
  11. ECRL

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