surgical_instrument (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *surgical instrument*:
NOUN	artifact	surgical instrument	a medical instrument used in surgery

English > *surgical instrument*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A medical instrument used in surgery.
Narrower	curette, curet	A surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
	dermatome	A surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin
	dilator, dilater	A surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ
	hemostat, haemostat	A surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel
	photocoagulator	surgical instrument containing a laser for use in photocoagulation
	probe	A flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore / explore wounds / wounds or body cavities
	retractor	surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision
	snare	A surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them
	surgical knife	A very sharp knife used in surgery
	trepan, trephine	A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
Broader	medical instrument	instrument used in the practice of medicine
Spanish	instrumento quirúrgico
Catalan	instrument quirúrgic

HyperDic: surgical_instrument