bdellomètre

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bdɛ.lɔ.mɛtʁ/, /bde.lɔ.mɛtʁ/

Noun

bdellomètre m (plural bdellomètres)

(medicine, historical) a bdellometer: a device for applying negative pressure to a region of skin while performing an incision, such that the region becomes engorged with blood and therefore less sensitive to the pain of incision

References

“bdellomètre” in Charles Sédillot, Traité de médecine opératoire (Treatise on Operative Medicine), Second Edition, Volume I, Victor Masson (editor and publisher, 1853), page 156.

Further reading

“bdellomètre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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