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Webster 1913 Edition


Trocar

Tro′car

,
Noun.
[F.
trocart
(or
trois-quarts
, i. e., three quarters);
trois
three (L.
tres
) +
carre
the side of a sword blade; – so called from its triangular point.]
(Surg.)
A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy.
[Written also
trochar
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Trocar

TRO'CAR

,
Noun.
A surgical instrument for tapping dropsical persons and the like.

Definition 2024


troçar

troçar

See also: trocar

Portuguese

Verb

troçar (first-person singular present indicative troço, past participle troçado)

  1. (transitive with de) to mock, to ridicule

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References

  1. 1932, Antenor Nascentes, Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa.