ecraseur

See also: écraseur

English

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Etymology

French écraseur (“crusher”).

Noun

ecraseur (plural ecraseurs)

  1. (surgery) 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.

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