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musket (medicine) and Randall stone forceps (medicine)


musket (medicine)


musket


1. <zoology> The male of the sparrow hawk.

2. A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle.

Origin: F. Mousquet, It. Moschetto, formerly, a kind of hawk; cf. OF. Mousket, moschet, a kind of hawk falcon, F. Mouchet, prop, a little fly (the hawk prob. Being named from its size), fr. L. Musca a fly. Cf. Mosquito] [Sometimes written also musquet.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Randall stone forceps (medicine)


Randall stone forceps


A forceps with variably curved slender blades and serrated jaws, used to extract calculi from the renal pelvis or calices.