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SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medical instrument used in surgery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("surgical instrument" is a kind of...):
medical instrument (instrument used in the practice of medicine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surgical instrument"):
curet; curette (a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity)
dermatome (a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin)
dilater; dilator (a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ)
haemostat; hemostat (a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel)
photocoagulator (surgical instrument containing a laser for use in photocoagulation)
probe (a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities)
retractor (surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision)
snare (a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities)
surgical knife (a very sharp knife used in surgery)
trepan; trephine (a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull)
