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capsulotome (medicine) and despoil (oh)


capsulotome (medicine)


capsulotome -->
cystotome


1. An instrument for incising the urinary bladder or gallbladder.

2. A surgical instrument used for incising the capsule of a lens.

Synonym: capsulotome.


despoil (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: despoillier, from Latin spoliare 'to rob']
to make a place much less attractive by removing or damaging things
-see also spoil spoil
to steal from a place or people using force, especially in a war