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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bdɛ.lɔ.mɛtʁ/ ~ /bde.lɔ.mɛtʁ/
Noun
bdellomètre m (plural bdellomètres)
- (medicine, historical) a bdellometer: a device for applying negative pressure to a region of skin while performing an incision, such that the region becomes engorged with blood and therefore less sensitive to the pain of incision
References
- “bdellomètre” in Charles Sédillot, Traité de médecine opératoire (Treatise on Operative Medicine), Second Edition, Volume I, Victor Masson (editor and publisher, 1853), page 156.
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