ECRASEUR

Etymology

Noun

ecraseur (plural ecraseurs)

(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.

Anagrams

• saucerer

Source: Wiktionary


e`cra`seur", n. Etym: [F., fr. écraser to crush.] (Surg.)

Definition: An 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 steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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