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noun
A narrow-bladed surgical knife
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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Synonyms: lancet, scalpel
Antonyms: none provided
History
From French bistouri, from archaic Italian pistorese or pistorino (“from Pistoia”); the city of Pistoia was once famous for the manufacturing of blades.
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