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raspatory

raspatory noun: a surgeon's rasp.

Noun

raspatory (plural raspatories)

  1. A surgeon's rasp.
    • I put into his Mouth a Raspatory, and, fixing it between the root of his Tongue, and edge of that Tonsil, pulled away the corrupt Flesh1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC
    • Through this hole raspatories may be introduced of various sizes and shapes, until the muco-periosteum is detached from one side of the palate; the raspatory will not separate the muco-periosteum from its attachment to the posterior margin of the bony palate, where also the fascia of the soft...1871, Saint Bartholomew's Hospital reports, volume 7, page 163

Forms of raspatory

pluralraspatories

Origin of raspatory

From Latin raspatorium. Compare French raspatoir. See rasp.

Questions about raspatory

What does raspatory mean?
Raspatory means a surgeon's rasp.
What part of speech is raspatory?
Raspatory is a noun.
What is the plural of raspatory?
The plural of raspatory is raspatories.

Words near raspatory in the dictionary

  1. raspadores
  2. raspadors
  3. raspatoria
  4. raspatories
  5. raspatorium
  6. raspatory
  7. raspberriade
  8. raspberried
  9. raspberrier
  10. raspberries
  11. raspberriest

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