Definitions
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- noun surgery A
surgical instrument intended to replace theknife in manyoperations , the parts operated on beingsevered by thecrushing effect produced by the gradualtightening of achain to avoidhaemorrhage .
Etymologies
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French écraseur, "crusher".
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Examples
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The other is subjected to the veterinarian's knife and ecraseur and deprived of the testes, -- the male sexual glands.
The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male Winfield Scott Hall
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A spaying emasculator, or ecraseur, are the special instruments need for removing the ovaries.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig
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The disease is probably due to congenital defect aggravated by frequent attacks of glossitis, and the treatment consists in the removal of the protruding portions by the knife, ligation, the cautery, or ecraseur.
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