Cooper herniotome

Coo·per her·ni·o·tome

(kū'pĕr), a slender bistoury with short cutting edge for dividing the constricting tissues at the neck of a hernial sac.

Coo·per her·ni·o·tome

(kū'pĕr hĕr'nē-ō-tōm) A slender bistoury with short cutting edge for dividing the constricting tissues at the neck of a hernial sac.

Cooper,

Sir Astley Paston, English anatomist and surgeon, 1768-1841. Cooper fascia - one of the coverings of the spermatic cord, formed of delicate connective tissue and of muscular fibers derived from the internal oblique muscle (cremaster muscle). Synonym(s): cremasteric fasciaCooper hernia - a femoral hernia with two sacs. Synonym(s): bilocular femoral hernia; Hey herniaCooper herniotome - a slender bistoury with short cutting edge for dividing the constricting tissues at the neck of a hernial sac.Cooper ligament repairCooper ligaments - (1) suspensory ligaments of breast. Synonym(s): suspensory ligaments of Cooper - (2) pectineal ligament - (3) transverse ligament of elbow.Cooper neuralgia - Synonym(s): mastodyniaCooper testis - neuralgia of the testicles.suspensory ligaments of Cooper - Synonym(s): Cooper ligaments (1)