trocar
/ˈtɹəʊkɑː(ɹ)/
trocar noun: a pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.
Noun
trocar (plural trocars)
- A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.
- He wheeled his first patient over to the operating room […] and began pulling out the marrow, plunging a steel trocar repeatedly into the hip and drawing out the cells.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 313
trocar meaning in Tamil
trocar in Tamil
- தூம்பாணி
Forms of trocar
| plural | trocars |
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Origin of trocar
From French trocart, corruption of trois-quart.
Words formed from trocar
Questions about trocar
- What does trocar mean?
- Trocar means a pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.
- What is trocar in Tamil?
- Trocar in Tamil is தூம்பாணி. See Trocar meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is trocar?
- Trocar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce trocar?
- Trocar is pronounced /ˈtɹəʊkɑː(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of trocar?
- The plural of trocar is trocars.
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