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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread bistoury #117474 12/10/2003 11:54 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Thermometers, hypodermic syringes bistouries " A surgical cutting instrument, with a rather long narrow blade, such as might be used to lance an abscess. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Definition: \Bis"tou*ry\, n.; pl. {Bistouries}. [F. bistouri.] A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, either straight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the part to be divided, and cutting towards the surface. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bistoury #117475 12/25/2003 3:09 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Etymology or bistoury history, please. Add this one to the gully knife list...or the list that began with gully. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bistoury #117476 12/25/2003 3:16 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 bistoury SYLLABICATION: bis·tou·ry PRONUNCIATION: bst-r NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. bis·tou·ries A long, narrow surgical knife for minor incisions. ETYMOLOGY: French bistouri, perhaps from Italian dialectal bistori, from bistorino, of Pistoia, from Latin Pistrium, Pistoia. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin Pistrium, Pistoia #117477 12/25/2003 3:22 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... And now we need either Faldage or Emanuela... Thanks, wwh. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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