1. Plural of ecraseur; surgical instruments consisting of a wire loop on a handle, used to cut through tissue by gradual compression.
Usage: medical; technical; chiefly historical

Examples

• The surgeon selected several ecraseurs of different sizes for the procedure.
• Ecraseurs were commonly used in 19th-century surgery before modern cutting techniques became available.
• The medical museum displayed a collection of antique ecraseurs alongside other surgical instruments.