bistoury
noun
a long, narrow surgical knife.
bistouries
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pluralof bistoury.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Then he cleared all the little instruments out of his pocket-case—the scissors, the forceps, the bistouries, the lancets—and he laid them all out beside the stethoscope, to make as good a show as possible.
From Round the Red Lamp by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Thermometers, hypodermic syringes bistouries and spatulas were scattered about both on the mantelpiece and on the central table on either side of the sloping desk.
From Round the Red Lamp by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A hypodermic outfit, quinine, and a few bistouries completed my primitive medical department.
From In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians by Algot Lange
His glance, more penetrating than his bistouries, looked straight into your soul, and dissected every lie athwart all assertions and all reticences.
From Madame Bovary by Eleanor Marx Aveling
Thermometers, hypodermic syringes, bistouries and spatulas were scattered thickly about, both on the mantelpiece and on the central table on either side of the sloping desk.
From The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure by A. Conan Doyle
