Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maisonneuve's instrument

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: maison-neu-ve's in-stru-ment
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of urethrotome with a concealed knife, which is passed to the point of stricture and expanded to the desired degree before the knife is exposed to cut the stricture.

Etymology

Named after J. G. Maisonneuve.

Inflected Forms

Maisonneuve's instruments (plural)

Questions

What does maisonneuve's instrument mean?: A form of urethrotome with a concealed knife, which is passed to the point of stricture and expanded to the desired degree before the knife is exposed to cut the stricture.
Where does maisonneuve's instrument come from?: Named after J. G. Maisonneuve.

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