Endotome

Quick meaning: Endotome is a noun meaning (biology) The somite cells that eventually give rise to the endothelium.

Meaning

(biology) The somite cells that eventually give rise to the endothelium.

More Meanings

1. A medical instrument consisting of scissors with curved blades and long crossing handles, originally used for decapitating a fetus.
2. A retractable blade that allows great control over the depth of an incision, used for myotomy and arthrotomy.

Example Sentences

2.0–3.0 mm retractable myotomy knife (arthrotomy knife or sheathed knife: endotome).

The endotome is introduced through the left upper quadrant port; the blade advanced out of its sheath in its entirety.

Mattei uses strong scissors which he calls endotomes; Lazarewitch uses an instrument which is at once a sector and a tractor.

MATTEI'S ENDOTOME is a powerful instrument working on a scissors-joint; the shanks are double curved, so that by approximating the handles the curved blades can be brought together

Word Forms

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