costotome

== English == === Etymology === From costo- +‎ -tome. === Noun === costotome (plural costotomes) An instrument to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity in post mortems. ==== Related terms ==== costotomy === References === Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Costotome”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC. “costotome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.