| ampoule ampule | a small sealed glass container for a hypodermic dose. |
| aspirator | an instrument for removing fluids or solids from cavities of the body. |
| auriscope | an instrument for examining the ear. |
| biodot | a temperature-sensitive device stuck to the skin to monitor depression. |
| bistoury | a narrow surgical knife. |
| burdizzo | a surgical instrument used to castrate animals > BURDIZZOS. |
| cannula canula | a narrow tube, esp one for removing fluid from bodily cavities > CANNULAE or CANNULAS; CANULAE or CANULAS. |
| canular | shaped like a CANULA. |
| castrater castrator | a device used in castration. |
| catheter | a tube which can be passed into the bladder or other body cavity or canal to allow the draining of fluid. |
| catlin catling | a type of surgical knife. |
| cauter | a hot iron for searing or cauterizing. |
| cryoprobe | a blunt chilled probe used to freeze tissue in CRYOSURGERY. |
| curet | a surgical instrument used for scraping. |
| curette | a surgical instrument used for scraping; (verb) to scrape with a CURETTE. |
| dilater dilator | something used to dilate. |
| dropper | a tube or contrivance for making liquid come out in drops. |
| earpick | an instrument for removing wax from the ear. |
| ecraseur | a surgical instrument in the form of a wire or chain loop which cuts as it tightens. |
| endoscope | an instrument for visualizing the interior of a hollow organ. |
| eyebath eyecup | a small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye, used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes. |
| fetoscope | an instrument used for looking at the fetus. |
| fleam | an instrument for bleeding diseased cattle. |
| forceps | a pair of pincers, usually held in one hand to obtain a firm grip on a small object > FORCEPS, FORCEPSES or FORCIPES. N.B. no FORCEP*. |
| garrot | a stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb; (verb) to constrict with a GARROT > GARROTS, GARROTING, GARROTED. |
| haemostat hemostat | an instrument for stopping bleeding. |
| lancet | a surgical instrument used for opening veins, abscesses, etc. |
| leucotome | a needle used to carry out a LEUCOTOMY, a kind of brain operation. |
| myogram | a record made by a MYOGRAPH. |
| myograph | an instrument for recording muscular contractions. |
| myoscope | an instrument for observing muscular contractions. |
| nebuliser nebulizer | a spraying apparatus, an atomiser. |
| occluder | a device that occludes. |
| optometer | an instrument for testing vision. |
| osteotome | strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone. |
| otoscope | an instrument for examining the ear. |
| otoscopic | relating to OTOSCOPY, the examination of the ear. |
| pacemaker | an electronic device (in later models, with radioactive core) used to correct weak or irregular heart rhythms. |
| percussor | a percussion hammer. |
| plessor plexor | a small, rubber-headed hammer that physicians use to test reflexes. |
| plugger | something for plugging e.g. a dentist's instrument. |
| probang | a long flexible rod with a sponge on the end used to remove foreign bodies from the larynx or the esophagus. |
| pulmotor | an apparatus for forcing air into or out of the lungs. |
| raspatory | a surgeon's rasp. |
| repositor | an instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part. |
| scalpel | a small surgical knife. |
| scalprum | a surgeon's rasping instrument > SCALPRUMS. |
| scarifier | an implement for SCARIFYING. |
| skiascope | a medical instrument for examining the eye to detect errors of refraction. |
| somascope | an instrument detecting disease of the internal organs by 'echo-sounding' methods and producing images of the diseased tissue on a television screen. |
| speculum | an instrument for inserting into and holding open a cavity of the body so that the interior may be inspected > SPECULA or SPECULUMS. |
| stilet stylet | a probe, a wire in a CATHETER. |
| syrette | a small disposable SYRINGE. |
| syringe | an instrument for injecting fluids; (verb) to cleanse or treat with injected fluid |
| tenaculum | a surgical hook or forceps > TENACULA or TENACULUMS. |
| tomograph | an instrument for viewing a section of an object using X-rays. |
| torcular | a TOURNIQUET. |
| tourniquet | a device to stop bleeding, as a bandage twisted tight by a stick, etc. |
| trapan | an obsolete instrument for boring holes in the skull; (verb) to bore holes in the skull > TRAPANS, TRAPANNING, TRAPANNED. |
| trepan | an obsolete instrument for cutting open the skull; (verb) to cut holes in the skull with a trepan > TREPANS, TREPANNING, TREPANNED. |
| trephine | an improved form of TREPAN with a transverse handle and a guiding centre-pin; (verb) to cut holes in the skull. |
| trocar trochar | a stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy. |
| tweezer | a pincerlike tool for e.g. extracting splinters, usu. in plural. |
| vulsella | a forceps with toothed or clawed blades > VULSELLAE. |
| vulsellum | a forceps with toothed or clawed blades > VULSELLA. |
| xyster | a surgeon's instrument for scraping bones. |
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