herniotomen.
/ˈhəːnɪətəʊm/ Surgery.
A knife used in herniotomy.
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1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. xv. 621 With a hernia knife,..or herniotome, the stricture should then be divided.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 368 The stricture having been divided with herniotome.
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