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Mayo scissors

Mayo scissors noun: a kind of surgical scissors, often used in the cutting of fascia.

Noun

Mayo scissors pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A kind of surgical scissors, often used in the cutting of fascia.

Origin of Mayo scissors

They were designed by surgeons at the Mayo Clinic, founded by William Worrall Mayo.

Questions about Mayo scissors

What does Mayo scissors mean?
Mayo scissors means a kind of surgical scissors, often used in the cutting of fascia.
What part of speech is Mayo scissors?
Mayo scissors is a noun.

Words near Mayo scissors in the dictionary

  1. Maynors
  2. mayntenance
  3. mayntenances
  4. mayo
  5. mayo monkey
  6. Mayo scissors
  7. Mayo-Belwa
  8. mayochup
  9. mayocide
  10. mayoed
  11. Mayogo

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