( n. )
A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, either straight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the part to be divided, and cutting towards the surface.
( n. )
A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, either straight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the part to be divided, and cutting towards the surface.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012