A kind of surgical knife having a curved blade, used esp. to open abscesses.

Any of various types of surgical forceps having a biting action, typically used to remove small pieces of bone. Also rongeur forceps. Also in plural.

The name of various instruments acting in a similar manner. Surgery, an instrument for excising the tonsil or uvula and for other surgical operations.

a punch consisting of two hinged parts like a forceps.

Medicine. A trocar-like surgical instrument for removing small pieces of living tissue of examination.

Surgery. A device, on the principle of a snare, for removing morbid growths.

Surgery and Medicine. An instrument used to remove a small cylinder of tissue (esp. for biopsy) or to make a hole or indentation.

Surgery. Any of various devices for removing an intact layer of skin, often of predetermined thickness, for subsequent grafting; (see also…

Any of various implements, mechanical parts, etc., resembling an agricultural plough in shape or action. A kind of surgical instrument used to…

An endoscopic instrument used to perform resections, esp. within the genito-urinary tract.