مدس

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the root د س س (d-s-s).

Noun

مِدَسّ • (midass) m (plural مِدَسَّات (midassāt))

(obsolete)
  1. a kind of chirurgical probe, an exploring needle, employed as a trocar
    • c. 1000, أبو القاسم (Abulcasis), Johannes Channing, editor, كتاب التصريف [De chirurgia], volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1778, page 232:
      منها صورة المدسات وفي ثلاثة أنواع منها كبار ومنها أوسط ومنها صغير صغار.
      There is a picture of the probes, there are three kinds, one large, one medium, one small.

Declension

Noun

مَدَسّ • (madass) m (plural مَدَاسّ (madāss))

(obsolete)
  1. a kind of dart or javelin

Declension

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