Xyster Definition

zĭstər
noun
A surgical instrument for scraping bones.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Xyster

Noun

Singular:
xyster
Plural:
xysters

Origin of Xyster

  • From Ancient Greek ξυστήρ (ksustÄ“r, “xustÄ“r"), from ξύω (ksuō, “scrape").

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek xūstēr scraper from xūein to scrape

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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