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orbitoclast

orbitoclast noun: a surgical instrument for performing transorbital lobotomies, resembling an icepick.

Noun

orbitoclast (plural orbitoclasts)

  1. A surgical instrument for performing transorbital lobotomies, resembling an icepick.

Forms of orbitoclast

pluralorbitoclasts

Origin of orbitoclast

From orbito- + -clast.

Questions about orbitoclast

What does orbitoclast mean?
Orbitoclast means a surgical instrument for performing transorbital lobotomies, resembling an icepick.
What part of speech is orbitoclast?
Orbitoclast is a noun.
What is the plural of orbitoclast?
The plural of orbitoclast is orbitoclasts.

Words near orbitoclast in the dictionary

  1. orbitestellids
  2. orbities
  3. orbiting
  4. orbito-
  5. orbitocerebral
  6. orbitoclast
  7. orbitoclasts
  8. orbitofrontal
  9. orbitofrontal cortex
  10. orbitofrontal cortexes
  11. orbitofrontal cortices

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