BASIOTRIBE
\bˈe͡ɪsɪˌɒtɹa͡ɪb], \bˈeɪsɪˌɒtɹaɪb], \b_ˈeɪ_s_ɪ__ˌɒ_t_ɹ_aɪ_b]\
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An instrument for effecting basiotripsy.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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An instrument devised by Tarnier for breaking up the base of the fetal cranium in cephalotripsy; consisting of a heavy perforator with a conical screw point, and of two blades like those of a cephalotribe, either or both of which may be attached to a pivot on the perforator after the latter has been engaged in the base of the skull. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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