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Metzenbaum scissors en · NOUN

Etymology

They were designed by the American surgeon Myron Firth Metzenbaum (1876–1944).

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) A kind of surgical scissors for cutting delicate tissue and blunt dissection, having a relatively long shank-to-blade ratio.