English Explanatory Dictionary

ecraseur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A surgical instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a chain to avoid haemorrhage.

Word forms

ecraseur ecraseurs écraseur

Etymology

French écraseur (“crusher”).

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