rongeur

English

Etymology

French rongeur, from ronger (“to gnaw”).

Noun

rongeur (plural rongeurs)

  1. (surgery) An instrument for removing small rough portions of bone.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rongeur in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

ronger (“to gnaw”) +‎ -eur

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁɔ̃.ʒœʁ/
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Noun

rongeur m (plural rongeurs)

  1. rodent
  2. (surgery) rongeur

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