• (n.) An 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 steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.
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An obsolete term for a snare, especially one of enough strength to cut through the base or pedicle of a tumour. ... Origin: Fr. Ecraser, to crush ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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É`cra`seur' noun [ French, from
écraser to crush.]
(Surg.) An 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 steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.
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In surgery, an ecraseur is an instrument consisting of a fine chain which was placed round the base of a growth or a tumour and gradually tightened by a screw until it passed through the structure. It was used in cases of cancer of the tongue, polypi, etc.
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