syringotome

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English

Etymology

Compare French syringotome. By surface analysis, syringo- +‎ -tome; more at syringotomy § Etymology.

Noun

syringotome (plural syringotomes)

  1. (surgery) A small blunt-pointed bistoury used in syringotomy.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for syringotome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)