ecraseur

See also: écraseur

English

Alternative forms

• écraseur

Etymology

French écraseur (“crusher”).

Noun

ecraseur (plural ecraseurs)

1. (surgery) A surgical instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a chain to avoid haemorrhage.

Anagrams

• saucerer