Metzenbaum scissors

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Etymology[edit]

They were designed by the American surgeon Myron Firth Metzenbaum (1876–1944).

Noun[edit]

Metzenbaum scissors pl (plural only)

  1. A kind of surgical scissors for cutting delicate tissue and blunt dissection, having a relatively long shank-to-blade ratio.