ecraseur
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
French écraseur, "crusher".
[edit] Noun
ecraseur (plural ecraseurs)
- (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.