bistoury

American  

[bis-tuh-ree] / ˈbɪs tə ri /

noun

bistouries plural

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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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• bistouries
  plural

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

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 rowelling bistoury, employed for the horses, answers better than the saw; but even it occasions so much pain as to cause serious annoyance and obstruction.

From The Dog by Dinks

Thenceforward the world was an oyster, to be opened with scalpel and with bistoury by Owen Saxham.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

This, if a fistula is present, may be best done with a blunt-pointed bistoury, or with a cannulated director and a scalpel.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

If in the apex, by a V-shaped incision; if in the lateral regions, by a bold free incision with a probe-pointed bistoury round the tumour.

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