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Trocar

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.]