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Pha-ryn′go-tome.


Surgical.) An instrument to scarify inflamed tonsils and open abscesses in the parietes of the pharynx. It has a long, narrow blade with a lancet point, inclosed in a slightly curved silver sheath, in which it is carried to the part to be cut, and from which it is made to protrude by pressing a button at the end. The blade is retracted by a spring.

Phenakistoscope.

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