"rongeur" meaning in English

See rongeur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: rongeurs [plural]
Etymology: From French rongeur, from ronger (“to gnaw”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|rongeur}} French rongeur Head templates: {{en-noun}} rongeur (plural rongeurs)
  1. (surgery) An instrument with a sharp-edged, scoop-shaped tip, for gouging out bone. Categories (topical): Surgery Translations (surgical instrument): rongeur [masculine] (French), кóстные куса́чки (kóstnyje kusáčki) [feminine, plural] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-rongeur-en-noun-ByjWxlm- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 90 2 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 2 7 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

Inflected forms

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