Definitions for trocar

trocar tro·car

Spelling: [troh-kahr]
IPA: /ˈtroʊ kɑr/

Trocar is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in trocar (acorrt).

Definitions for trocar

noun

  1. a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.

Origin of trocar

1700-10; earlier trocart French, literally, three-sided, equivalent to tro- (variant of trois three) + cart, variant of carre side Latin quadra something square

Examples for trocar

I then introduced a trocar and canula, and drew off fifty ounces of pus, slightly tinged with blood.

There is a stop-cock between the trocar and syringe, and another at right angles to the syringe.

The trocar may then be withdrawn, and the canula retained for at least forty-eight hours by a suitable bandage.

The best instruments are the trocar and canula, but in the absence of these a pocket knife and goose quill may be made to answer.

Mr Dun says that, should the trocar fail to extract it, it must be drawn to the surface by a small syringe made for the purpose.

The operation is performed with a combined instrument called the trocar and cannula.

If puncture with the trocar or aspiration be practised, shall all the fluid be withdrawn at once?

The name Karkin was said by Arroyo de la Cuesta to signify "trocar," or "to trade."

It consists of a powerful syringe, which fits accurately to the trocar with which the puncture is made.

As the trocar is withdrawn, the canula should be pushed still further in.

Word Value for trocar
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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