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trocar


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trocar  \Tro"car\,  n.  [F.  trocart  (or  trois-quarts,  i.  e.,  three 
  quarters);  trois  three  (L.  tres)  +  carre  the  side  of  a  sword 
  blade;  --  so  called  from  its  triangular  point.]  (Surg.) 
  A  stylet,  usually  with  a  triangular  point,  used  for  exploring 
  tissues  or  for  inserting  drainage  tubes,  as  in  dropsy. 
  [Written  also  {trochar}.]