rongeur
[ rohn-zhur; French rawn-zhœr ]
noun,plural ron·geurs [rohn-zhurz; French rawn-zhœr]. /roʊnˈʒɜrz; French rɔ̃ˈʒœr/. Surgery.
a strongly constructed instrument with a sharp-edged, scoop-shaped tip, used for gouging out bone.
Origin of rongeur
11880–85; <French: literally, gnawer
Words Nearby rongeur
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How to use rongeur in a sentence
The jagged ends of the fifth rib were cleaned with a rongeur; approximately 200 cc.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyA probe is then passed into the ostium, and the anterior wall of the sinus is removed with a curette or rongeur forceps.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander MilesAll suspect there is un ver—rongeur—a worm eating at her heart; that she suffers from a passion of the past.
The Death Shot | Mayne ReidThe barghest has a kinsman in the rongeur d'Os of Norman folklore.
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