trocar

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trocar

  • /ˈtɹəʊkɑː(ɹ)/

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From French trocart, corruption of trois-quart.

noun trocars

  1. A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids. He wheeled his first patient over to the operating room […] and began pulling out the marrow, plunging a steel trocar repeatedly into the hip and drawing out the cells.

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noun medical instrument

Españoltrócar
Portuguêstrocarte
Françaistrocart
DeutschTrokar

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"trocar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/trocar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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trocar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/trocar

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"trocar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/trocar.

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@misc{trocar_2026,
  title = {trocar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trocar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}