ecraseur

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noun

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.

OriginFrench écraseur →
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Meanings

nounecraseur (plural ecraseurs)

plural ecraseurs · alternative écraseur

  1. medicineA 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.

Origin

  1. Frenchécraseur“crusher”
  2. Englishecraseur

French écraseur (“crusher”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

saucerer
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APA

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

MLA

“ecraseur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecraseur. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ecraseur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecraseur.

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