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English
Etymology
From Latin raspatorium. Compare French raspatoir. See rasp.
Noun
raspatory (plural raspatories)
- A surgeon's rasp.
1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R Royston , and B Took, , →OCLC:I put into his Mouth a Raspatory, and, fixing it between the root of his Tongue, and edge of that Tonsil, pulled away the corrupt Flesh
1871, Saint Bartholomew's Hospital reports, volume 7, page 163:Through this hole raspatories may be introduced of various sizes and shapes, until the muco-periosteum is detached from one side of the palate; the raspatory will not separate the muco-periosteum from its attachment to the posterior margin of the bony palate, where also the fascia of the soft palate is firmly attached; for this, curved scissors can be used, the palate being drawn forward with a hook and the scissors passed behind the palate.
References
“raspatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.