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Webster 1913 Edition


Rugine

Ru′gine

,
Noun.
[F.]
(Surg.)
An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.

Ru′gine

,
Verb.
T.
[F.
ruginer
to scrape.]
To scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale.
[R.]
Wiseman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rugine

RU'GINE

,
Noun.
A surgeon's rasp.

Definition 2024


rugine

rugine

English

Noun

rugine (plural rugines)

  1. (surgery) An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.

Verb

rugine (third-person singular simple present rugines, present participle rugining, simple past and past participle rugined)

  1. (transitive) To scrape or rasp (a bone etc.); to scale.
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