xyster

(zistər)

noun

Obsolete a surgical instrument for scraping bones

Origin: ModL < Gr xystēr < xyein, to scrape < IE base *kes-, to scrape > hards

See xyster in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A surgical instrument for scraping bones.

Origin:

Origin: Greek xūstēr, scraper

Origin: , from xūein, to scrape

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