Metzenbaum scissors

noun

A kind of surgical scissors for cutting delicate tissue and blunt dissection, having a relatively long shank-to-blade ratio.

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Meanings

nounMetzenbaum scissors pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA kind of surgical scissors for cutting delicate tissue and blunt dissection, having a relatively long shank-to-blade ratio.

Origin

They were designed by the American surgeon Myron Firth Metzenbaum (1876–1944).

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Metzenbaum scissors. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Metzenbaum%20scissors

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“Metzenbaum scissors.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Metzenbaum%20scissors. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Metzenbaum scissors,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Metzenbaum%20scissors.

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