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English
Etymology
From costo- + -tome.
Noun
costotome (plural costotomes)
- An instrument to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity in post mortems.
References
- Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Costotome”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.
- “costotome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.