Trocar
noun, Surgery.
1.
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
noun
1.
a surgical instrument for removing fluid from bodily cavities, consisting of a puncturing device situated inside a tube
trocar tro·car (trō’kär’)
n.
A sharp-pointed surgical instrument, used with a cannula to puncture a body cavity for fluid aspiration.
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