| hatchet excavator | See: hatchet. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hoe excavator | A single-beveled dental excavator, with the blade at an angle to the axis of the handle and the cutting edge perpendicular to the plane of the angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excavator | 1. An instrument like a large sharp spoon or scoop, used in scraping out pathologic tissue. 2. In dentistry, an instrument, generally a small spoon or curette, for cleaning out and shaping a carious cavity preparatory to filling. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cataract spoon | A small concave instrument for removing a cataractous lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Volkmann's spoon | A sharp spoon for scraping away carious bone or other diseased tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heart-spoon | A part of the breastbone. "He feeleth through the herte-spon the pricke." (Chaucer) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sharp spoon | An instrument with a small cup-shaped extremity having sharpened edges, used for scraping skin lesions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spoon | 1. An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food. ""Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon That shall eat with a fiend," thus heard I say." (Chaucer) "He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil." (Shak) 2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; especially. A spoon bait. 3. A simpleton; a spooney. Spoon bait, a lure used in trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached. Spoon bit, a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one side. Spoon net, a net for landing fish. Spoon oar. See under Oar. Origin: OE. Spon, AS. Spn, a chip; akin to D. Spaan, G. Span, Dan. Spaan, Sw. Span, Icel. Spann, sponn, a chip, a spoon. Cf. Span-new. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spoon-billed | <zoology> Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spoon nail | <clinical sign> Dystrophy of the fingernails, sometimes associated with iron deficiency anaemia, in which they are thin and concave, with the edges raises. Synonym: spoon nail. (15 Nov 1997) |
| Daviel's spoon | A small oval-shaped instrument for removing the remains of a cataract after discission. (05 Mar 2000) |