Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trocar

/ˈtɹəʊkɑː(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: tro-car
IPA: /ˈtɹəʊkɑː(ɹ)/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From French trocart, corruption of trois-quart.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: trocart

Inflected Forms

trocars (plural)

Derived Forms

monotrocar trocarisation trocarization

Questions

How do you pronounce trocar?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹəʊkɑː(ɹ)/.
What does trocar mean?: A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.
Where does trocar come from?: It is traced to French.

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