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viscerotome

viscerotome noun: an instrument once used to obtain visceral samples from a corpse without performing a full autopsy.

Noun

viscerotome (plural viscerotomes)

  1. An instrument once used to obtain visceral samples from a corpse without performing a full autopsy

Forms of viscerotome

pluralviscerotomes

Origin of viscerotome

From viscero- + -tome.

Questions about viscerotome

What does viscerotome mean?
Viscerotome means an instrument once used to obtain visceral samples from a corpse without performing a full autopsy.
What part of speech is viscerotome?
Viscerotome is a noun.
What is the plural of viscerotome?
The plural of viscerotome is viscerotomes.

Words near viscerotome in the dictionary

  1. viscerosensitive
  2. viscerosensorial
  3. viscerosensory
  4. visceroskeletal
  5. viscerosomatic
  6. viscerotome
  7. viscerotomes
  8. viscerotomy
  9. viscerotonic
  10. viscerotonics
  11. viscerotopic

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