xyster

[zis-ter]

noun

a surgical instrument for scraping bones.

Origin of xyster

< New Latin < Greek xystḗr scraping tool, equivalent to xys- (stem of xýein to scrape) + -tēr instrumental noun suffix

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British Dictionary definitions for xyster

xyster

noun

a surgical instrument for scraping bone; surgical rasp or file

Word Origin for xyster

C17: via New Latin from Greek: tool for scraping, from xuein to scrape, make smooth

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Word Origin and History for xyster

"surgical instrument for scraping bones," 1680s, from Greek xyster, from xyein "to scrape," from PIE root *kes- (1) "to scrape."

xyster in Medicine

xyster

[zĭs′tər]

n.

A surgical instrument for scraping bones.