bdellomètre
French
Pronunciation
Noun
bdellomètre m (plural bdellomètres)
- (medicine, historical) A bdellometer: a device for applying negative pressure to a region of skin while performing an incision, such that the region becomes engorged with blood and therefore less sensitive to the pain of incision.
References
- “bdellomètre” in Charles Sédillot, Traité de médecine opératoire (Treatise on Operative Medicine), Second Edition, Volume I, Victor Masson (editor and publisher, 1853), page 156.
Further reading
- “bdellomètre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.