See Also: epistemophilia(medicine)

bistoury (iou) and epistemophilia (medicine)


bistoury (iou)



bistoury noun. M18.
[French bistouri, earlier bistorie dagger, of unkn. origin.]
A surgeon's knife with a straight or curved narrow blade.

epistemophilia (medicine)


epistemophilia
Love, especially excessive, of knowledge.

Origin: G. Episteme, knowledge, + philos, fond