Raspatory
/ræˈspætəri/noun
A surgical instrument used for scraping or rasping bone or other hard tissue.
Did you know?Raspatories were historically used in operations involving bone, including trepanation and orthopedic procedures, before modern powered surgical tools existed.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic, possibly
Proto-Germanic
*hrespaną
“To scrape or rasp; a proposed Germanic source for the later rasp family.”
Middle Dutch
Middle Dutch
raspen
“To scrape, grate, or file with a rough instrument.”
13th–14th Century
Old French
rasper
“To scrape or grate; the source of English rasp.”
16th Century
English
rasp
“A coarse file or an instrument used for scraping.”
17th Century
New Latin
raspatorium
“A surgical scraping instrument, formed from raspare, “to scrape,” with the instrumental suffix -orium.”
Modern English
English
raspatory
“A surgical instrument for scraping bone or hard tissue.”