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Webster 1913 Edition


Enterotome

En′ter-o-tome

,
Noun.
[F.
entérotome
. See
Enterotomy
.]
(Med.)
A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations.

Definition 2024


enterotome

enterotome

English

Noun

enterotome (plural enterotomes)

  1. (medicine) A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations.