bistoury

American  

[bis-tuh-ree] / ˈbɪs tə ri /

noun

plural

bistouries

1. a long, narrow surgical knife.

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bistoury British  

/ ˈbɪstərɪ /

noun

1. a long surgical knife with a narrow blade

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Etymology

Origin of bistoury

1745–50; < French bistouri, Middle French bistorin < Upper Italian bistorino, for Italian pistorino pertaining to Pistoia, a city famous for its cutlery

Example Sentences

If the passage can not be sufficiently opened with the sound it may be incised by the hidden bistoury.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

A few drops of serum will then escape, and the glistening surface of the bowel be exposed; the finger should then be introduced at the opening, and the incision enlarged by a probe-pointed bistoury.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

The secretary took the bistoury from the bowl containing the sublimate and handed it to me with a bow.

From In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians by Lange, Algot

Guy de Chauliac's Instruments:--15, 16, cautery apparatus with canula for cauterizing the uvula and tonsils; 17, bistoury; 18, amputation knife; 19, small sickle knife for opening abscesses and fistulas.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.

The posterior surface of the joint being exposed, the surgeon, with a strong straight bistoury, makes a transverse incision into the joint just above the olecranon.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph