Usually means: Surgical instrument for cutting bone.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. rongeur: Wordnik
  2. rongeur: Wiktionary
  3. rongeur: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. rongeur: Dictionary.com
  5. Rongeur: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Rongeur: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. rongeur: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Rongeur, rongeur (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. rongeur: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Rongeur: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. rongeur: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  5. rongeur: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rongeur)

▸ noun:  (surgery) An instrument with a sharp-edged, scoop-shaped tip, for gouging out bone.

Similar:
myringotome, arthrotome, serrefine, exsection, écrasement, snare, retriever, keratotome, style, guillotine, more...

Opposite:
builder, creator, constructor

Phrases:
rongeur forceps, bone rongeur, more...

Adjectives:
pituitary, small, action, large, angled, cystoscopic, fine, biting, narrow, straight, cutting

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Similar:
myringotome, arthrotome, serrefine, exsection, écrasement, snare, retriever, keratotome, style, guillotine, more...

Opposite:
builder, creator, constructor

Phrases:
rongeur forceps, bone rongeur, more...

Adjectives:
pituitary, small, action, large, angled, cystoscopic, fine, biting, narrow, straight, cutting



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