gorgeret
/ɡɔɹ.d͡ʒəɹ.ɛt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] then placing the Bill which is at the end of the Gorgeret into the Groove of the ..."
- "These, having first made an Incision as before, pass the End of the Gorgeret thro' the Groove of the Catheter into the Bladder, as we directed for the male Conductor :"
- "V. The under part of the double gorgeret separated from the upper, which varies but little in shape from the common gorgeret."
- "I then introduce the beak of the common gorgeret into the groove of the staff, and press, it on, till it gets into the bladder, […]"
- "I therefore took the double gorgeret, without the cutting blade affixed, intending only to push back the stone, and dilate the neck of the bladder, which I did by getting the beak of the gorgeret into the sulcus of the staff […]"
- "After this method became known, many different forms of gorgets and gorgerets were invented ; which it would answer no useful purpose to describe. Of one of them, Mr. Liston remarks, "It is more like an instrument for cutting turf, - a 'flauchter-spade,' - than for performing a delicate surgical operation.""
Etymology
From French gorgeret (“surgical instrument”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: gorgeret