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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.
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