Oct 12, 2009 01:47
14 yrs ago
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French term

pince cochère

French to English Medical Medical: Instruments
"Le chirurgien peut utiliser une pince cochère ou un porte-aiguille standard pour extraire les mors."
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 Kocher forceps (Kocher's forceps)

Proposed translations

+5
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Kocher forceps (Kocher's forceps)

I guess the author did not know the correct name of this Swiss surgeon, Nobel prize in 1909, but meant "pince de Kocher"

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-10-12 03:02:50 GMT)
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alternatively (and usually) pince "Kocher"
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