trocar

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/ˈtɹəʊkɑː(ɹ)/

noun

A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.

OriginFrench trocart →
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Meanings

nountrocar (plural trocars)

plural trocars

  1. medicineA pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.

    He wheeled his first patient over to the operating room […] and began pulling out the marrow, plunging a steel trocar repeatedly into the hip and drawing out the cells.

    2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 313

Origin

  1. Frenchtrocart
  2. Englishtrocar

From French trocart, corruption of trois-quart.

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Translations

Czech trokar
  • trokarmedical instrument
French trocart
  • trocartmedical instrument
German Trokar
  • Trokarmedical instrument
Polish trokar
  • trokarmedical instrument
Portuguese trocarte
  • trocartemedical instrument
Spanish trócar
  • trócarmedical instrument

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

carrot
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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