bdellomètre

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bdɛ.lɔ.mɛtʁ/ ~ /bde.lɔ.mɛtʁ/ === Noun === bdellomètre m (plural bdellomètres) (medicine, historical) a bdellometer: a device for applying negative pressure to a region of skin while performing an incision, such that the region becomes engorged with blood and therefore less sensitive to the pain of incision === References === “bdellomètre” in Charles Sédillot, Traité de médecine opératoire (Treatise on Operative Medicine), Second Edition, Volume I, Victor Masson (editor and publisher, 1853), page 156. === Further reading === “bdellomètre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012