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Metzenbaum scissors

Metzenbaum scissors noun: a kind of surgical scissors for cutting delicate tissue and blunt dissection, having a relatively long shank-to-blade ratio.

Noun

Metzenbaum scissors pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A kind of surgical scissors for cutting delicate tissue and blunt dissection, having a relatively long shank-to-blade ratio.

Origin of Metzenbaum scissors

They were designed by the American surgeon Myron Firth Metzenbaum (1876–1944).

Questions about Metzenbaum scissors

What does Metzenbaum scissors mean?
Metzenbaum scissors means a kind of surgical scissors for cutting delicate tissue and blunt dissection, having a relatively long shank-to-blade ratio.
What part of speech is Metzenbaum scissors?
Metzenbaum scissors is a noun.

Words near Metzenbaum scissors in the dictionary

  1. metwands
  2. metyrapone
  3. metyrosine
  4. Metz
  5. Metz Yeghern
  6. Metzenbaum scissors
  7. Metzgar
  8. Metzgars
  9. Metzger
  10. Metzian
  11. Metzians

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