ecarteur

See also: écarteur

English

Etymology

From French écarteur.

Noun

ecarteur (plural ecarteurs)

1. (surgery) A type of retractor
   • 1923, The Urologic and Cutaneous Review, volume 27, page 369:

     […] which consisted substantially in extracting the stone through the neck of the bladder and the posterior urethra dilated to its maximum with ecarteurs often to rupture.

Anagrams

• creature, creäture