bronchotome

English

Etymology

From broncho- +‎ -tome, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos) and -τομον (-tomon, “that cuts”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).

Noun

bronchotome (plural bronchotomes)

1. (archaic, surgery) An instrument for cutting into the bronchi.

Related terms

• bronchotomy

References

• “bronchotome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.