ecarteur

See also: écarteur

English

Etymology

From French écarteur.

Noun

ecarteur (plural ecarteurs)

  1. (surgery) A type of retractor
    • 1923, The Urologic and Cutaneous Review, volume 27, page 369:
      […] which consisted substantially in extracting the stone through the neck of the bladder and the posterior urethra dilated to its maximum with ecarteurs often to rupture.

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