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

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

No time should be lost, and it should be by means of a small opening made with a narrow bistoury.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Excision with the bistoury, or with scissors, may be tried when the polypus is near the orifice of the nostril, and particularly when it is not large at the base.

From The Dog by Youatt, William

If it feels tight, the internal pillar of the ring should then be cautiously divided on the finger by a probe-pointed narrow bistoury, in a direction parallel to the linea alba.

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