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Webster 1913 Edition

Xyster

Xys′ter

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ξυστήρ

a scraper.]

(Surg.)

An instrument for scraping bones.

Webster 1828 Edition

Xyster

XYSTER

,

Noun.

[Gr., to scrape.] A surgeons instrument for scraping bones.