trocar

American  

[troh-kahr] / ˈtroʊ kɑr /

noun

Surgery.

1. a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.

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trocar British  

/ ˈtrəʊkɑː /

noun

1. a surgical instrument for removing fluid from bodily cavities, consisting of a puncturing device situated inside a tube

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Etymology

Origin of trocar

1700–10; earlier trocart < French, literally, three-sided, equivalent to tro- (variant of trois three) + cart, variant of carre side < Latin quadra something square

Example Sentences

When he judged that the cushion of air was big enough to immobilize the lung, he withdrew the trocar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fearful things: bonesaws, abdomen retractor, trocar and trepan.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Lavadie, who in spite of his rural background was squeamish about such things, rushed back into his house and phoned Joe Mondragon, gurgling frantically at him to come running with a trocar.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

A trocar being a sheathed sort of ice pick instrument you stab into the bellies of foundering ruminants to let out the deadly gases.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

There is a stop-cock between the trocar and syringe, and another at right angles to the syringe.

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