bistouri

Borrowed from Italian pistorese or pistorino (“from Pistoia”, see Latin Pistōrium); the city of Pistoia was once famous for the manufacturing of blades. Doublet of pistoïen.

• IPA^(key): /bis.tu.ʁi/

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• Rhymes: -i

bistouri m (plural bistouris)

1. (surgery) bistoury, scalpel, surgical knife

• “bistouri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.