viscerotomen.

/ˈvɪsərəʊtəʊm/

Etymology: < viscero- comb. form + -tome comb. form.

Medicine.

An instrument for obtaining post-mortem samples of liver tissue through a puncture in the abdominal wall (avoiding necropsy), used esp. when yellow fever is suspected.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments used on other specific parts

bronchotome1837

kiotome1842

myotome1846

tenotome1846

syringotome1848

fourchette1854

polypotome1857

tonsillotome1857

tracheotome1857

pile clamp1875

herniotome1876

oesophagotome1884

sclerotome1885

myringotome1895

ovariotome1895

turbinotome1900

viscerotome1934

leucotome1937

1934 Amer. Jrnl. Hygiene 19 553 The attempt..led one of us (E. R. R[ickard]) to attempt the design of an instrument for the removal of liver tissue without autopsy. This instrument, later christened the ‘viscerotome’ by Dr. Mario Bião, reached a practicable stage of development within a few weeks.

1940 C. E. van Rooyen & A. J. Rhodes Virus Dis. Man xxxv. 472 The viscerotome is a metal instrument..resembling a trocar, about 1 cm. square, possessing a sharp, hollow, pointed extremity fitted with a mechanically operated guillotine blade.

1971 P. C. C. Garnham Progress in Parasitol. iii. 24 The brutal instrument, the viscerotome, is plunged through the abdominal wall of the cadaver into the liver.

Derivatives

visceˈrotomy n. the use of a viscerotome.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [noun] > autopsy > viscerotomy

viscerotomy1934

1934 Amer. Jrnl. Hygiene 19 555 The opposition of relatives and friends to autopsy is greatly reduced in the case of viscerotomy.

1940 C. E. van Rooyen & A. J. Rhodes Virus Dis. Man xxxv. 472 Viscerotomy has revealed the existence of yellow fever in places in which it had hitherto passed unrecognized.

1971 P. C. C. Garnham Progress in Parasitol. iii. 24 The disease was scarcely recognized until 1934, when the introduction by Penna..of a viscerotomy service for the diagnosis of fatal cases of yellow fever revealed its presence in Brazil.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	viscerotome
释义	viscerotomen. /ˈvɪsərəʊtəʊm/ Etymology: < viscero- comb. form + -tome comb. form. Medicine. An instrument for obtaining post-mortem samples of liver tissue through a puncture in the abdominal wall (avoiding necropsy), used esp. when yellow fever is suspected. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments used on other specific parts bronchotome1837 kiotome1842 myotome1846 tenotome1846 syringotome1848 fourchette1854 polypotome1857 tonsillotome1857 tracheotome1857 pile clamp1875 herniotome1876 oesophagotome1884 sclerotome1885 myringotome1895 ovariotome1895 turbinotome1900 viscerotome1934 leucotome1937 1934 Amer. Jrnl. Hygiene 19 553 The attempt..led one of us (E. R. R[ickard]) to attempt the design of an instrument for the removal of liver tissue without autopsy. This instrument, later christened the ‘viscerotome’ by Dr. Mario Bião, reached a practicable stage of development within a few weeks. 1940 C. E. van Rooyen & A. J. Rhodes Virus Dis. Man xxxv. 472 The viscerotome is a metal instrument..resembling a trocar, about 1 cm. square, possessing a sharp, hollow, pointed extremity fitted with a mechanically operated guillotine blade. 1971 P. C. C. Garnham Progress in Parasitol. iii. 24 The brutal instrument, the viscerotome, is plunged through the abdominal wall of the cadaver into the liver. Derivatives visceˈrotomy n. the use of a viscerotome. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [noun] > autopsy > viscerotomy viscerotomy1934 1934 Amer. Jrnl. Hygiene 19 555 The opposition of relatives and friends to autopsy is greatly reduced in the case of viscerotomy. 1940 C. E. van Rooyen & A. J. Rhodes Virus Dis. Man xxxv. 472 Viscerotomy has revealed the existence of yellow fever in places in which it had hitherto passed unrecognized. 1971 P. C. C. Garnham Progress in Parasitol. iii. 24 The disease was scarcely recognized until 1934, when the introduction by Penna..of a viscerotomy service for the diagnosis of fatal cases of yellow fever revealed its presence in Brazil. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1934
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