bdellomètre

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bdɛ.lɔ.mɛtʁ/ ~ /bde.lɔ.mɛtʁ/

Noun

bdellomètre m (plural bdellomètres)

1. (medicine, historical) a bdellometer: a device for applying negative pressure to a region of skin while performing an incision, such that the region becomes engorged with blood and therefore less sensitive to the pain of incision

References

• “bdellomètre” in Charles Sédillot, Traité de médecine opératoire (Treatise on Operative Medicine), Second Edition, Volume I, Victor Masson (editor and publisher, 1853), page 156.

Further reading

• “bdellomètre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.