rongeur
Americannoun
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rongeurs
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of rongeur
1880–85; < French: literally, gnawer
Example Sentences
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He had used a tool called a rongeur to chew up the scar tissue and had accidentally chewed up the scaphoid bone--ending Johnson's ability to do orthopedic surgery.
From Time Magazine Archive
He put his helmet close to hers and spoke the word rongeur again, and she released her hose.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
She handed him a pair of pliers called the rongeur.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Treatment.—When the abscess is secondary to middle ear disease, the mastoid must be opened, the eroded bone exposed, and sufficient of it removed with rongeur forceps to admit of free drainage.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
If the symptoms point to suppuration having occurred between the bone and the dura, the skull should be trephined and further bone removed with the rongeur forceps as may be required.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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