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scarificator
scarificator (ˈskærɪfɪˌkeɪtə(r)) [a. mod.L. scarīficātor (F. scarificateur, Paré 16th c.), f. late L. scarīficāre to scarify.] 1. Surg. An instrument used in scarification, for making several incisions simultaneously.1611 Cotgr., Scarificateur, a Scarificator, or Scarifier; an Instrument wherein the...
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scarifier
scarifier (ˈskærɪfaɪə(r)) [f. scarify v.1 + -er1.] 1. One who or something which scarifies. lit. and fig.1566 Securis Detection D ij b, Playster makers, clyster geuers, scarifiers, letters out of bloud, &c. 1683 Salmon Doron Med. i. 79 Cicatrizers, or ‘Scarrifyers’. 1855 Dickens Lett. (1880) I. 403,...
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Bloodletting
There was also a specific bloodletting tool called a scarificator, used primarily in 19th century medicine.
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bdellometer
bdellometer (dɛˈlɒmɪtə(r)) [ad. F. bdellomètre, f. Gr. βδέλλα leech + µέτρον measure.] A surgical instrument proposed as a substitute for leeches, and fitted to show the amount of blood drawn.1839 Hooper Med. Dict. 254. 1874 Dunglison Med. Dict., Bdellometer..consists of a cupping-glass, to which a ...
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uterine
▪ I. † uterine, n.1 Obs.—1 [ad. med.L. uterīnus, f. late L. uterinus adj.: see next.] pl. Children or offspring of the same mother.1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) V. 29 Thei were [not] uterynes or childer of oon woman.▪ II. uterine, a. and n.2 (ˈjuːtəraɪn, -ɪn) Also 5–6 uteryne, 7 uterin. [a. OF. uterin,...
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shallow
▪ I. † ˈshallow, n.1 Sc. Obs. In 6 schallaw, schallow. [a. Gael. sealbh.] A drove, a flock.1550 Rec. Elgin (New Spald. Club 1903) I. 102 Ilk schallow of scheip xii d. to be pait to the pundoris..and it salbe lesum to the takaris to pund the haill guiddis or ane best of the schallaw.▪ II. shallow, n....
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vaccine
▪ I. vaccine, n. (ˈvæksiːn, -ɪn, -aɪn) [f. as next, or a. F. vaccine (1800) cow-pox, vaccination, vaccin (1812) vaccine matter, = It. and Pg. vaccina, Sp. vacuna.] † 1. Vaccination. Obs.—11803 tr. P. Le Brun's Mons. Botte III. 110 Is it to them the world owes inoculation, which they so long opposed;...
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