BISTOURY
\ba͡ɪstˈa͡ʊ͡əɹi], \baɪstˈaʊəɹi], \b_aɪ_s_t_ˈaʊə_ɹ_i]\
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A small curved knife for surgical operations, said to be named for the town of Pistori in France, where there was a celebrated factory for these knives. [Fr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. A surgical instrument for making incisions.
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A surgeon's instrument used in making incisions.
By Thomas Sheridan
