See Also: craseur(medicine)

sith (iou) and craseur (medicine)


sith (iou)



sith adverb, conjunction, & preposition. Long arch. & dial. OE.
[Reduced form of SITHEN. Cf. SEN preposition, conjunction, & adverb, SYNE adverb.]
A. adverb.
Then, thereupon; afterwards. OE-E16.
= SITHEN adverb 2. ME-E17.
At some time or at any time since that time. ME-M16.
Ago; before now. LME-M16.
b. conjunction.
= SITHEN conjunction 1. OE-L16.
Seeing that; since. Formerly foll. by that. ME.
C. preposition. Continuously or at some time since (a specified time). ME-L16.
? Not recorded between L17 and E19.

craseur (medicine)


craseur
<surgery> An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.

Origin: F, fr. Ecraser to crush.

Source: Websters Dictionary