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Definition of Decapitator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decapitator
Literary usage of Decapitator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of Obstetrics: Designed for the Use of Students and by James Clifton Edgar (1916)
"In left shoulder positions we encircle the neck with the right hand and with the
left carry the decapitator up in front of the neck, the point being ..."
2. A Manual of midwifery by Alfred Lewis Galabin (1897)
"Carry the decapitator, protected by the flexor surface of the fingers, ...
Now draw the decapitator firmly downward, at the same time that its handle is ..."
3. Lectures on obstetric operations including the treatment of haemorrhage and by Robert Barnes (1886)
"The same •object can be obtained by a pair of strong scissors (Dubois) which is
made to divide the cervical spine. An excellent decapitator was contrived by ..."
4. The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and by Andrew Kippis, William Godwin, George Robinson (1821)
"th of November last, to two years* imprisonment, nearly fifteen months of which
have been remitted. decapitator quickly retreated amid loudly-expressed ..."
5. The Complete handbook of obstetric surgery, or, Short rules of practice in by Charles Clay (1856)
"DECAPITATION—decapitator. There are cases where decapitation may be necessary.
... The decapitator is an instrument in form like the blunt hook, ..."
6. The complete handbook of obstetric surgery by Charles Clay (1856)
"DECAPITATION—decapitator. There are cases where decapitation may be necessary.
... The decapitator is an instrument in form like the blunt hook, ..."
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