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costotome

American  
[kos-tuh-tohm] / ˈkɒs təˌtoʊm /

noun

Surgery.
  1. an instrument, as shears or a knife, for incising or dividing a rib, as in costotomy.


Etymology

Origin of costotome

costo- + -tome

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