surgical instrument

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surgical instrument - a medical instrument used in surgerycuret, curette - a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavitydermatome - a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skindilater, dilator - a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organhaemostat, hemostat - a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vesselmedical instrument - instrument used in the practice of medicinephotocoagulator - surgical instrument containing a laser for use in photocoagulationprobe - a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavitiesretractor - surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incisionsnare - a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavitiessurgical knife - a very sharp knife used in surgerytrepan, trephine - a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull