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BLUNT HOOK

\blˈʌnt hˈʊk], \blˈʌnt hˈʊk], \b_l_ˈʌ_n_t h_ˈʊ_k]\

Definitions of BLUNT HOOK

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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See Decapitator.
A large stout hook with a rounded end, used in obstetrics to make traction in the fold of the groin in extracting a breech presentation in the case of a dead child.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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