ecarteur

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noun

A type of retractor

OriginFrench écarteur →
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Meanings

nounecarteur (plural ecarteurs)

plural ecarteurs

  1. medicineA type of retractor

    […] 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.

    1923, The Urologic and Cutaneous Review, volume 27, page 369

Origin

  1. Frenchécarteur
  2. Englishecarteur

From French écarteur.

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APA

ecarteur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecarteur

MLA

“ecarteur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecarteur. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ecarteur,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecarteur.

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