Xyster Definition
zĭstər
noun
A surgical instrument for scraping bones.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Xyster
Noun
Singular:
xyster
Plural:
xystersOrigin of Xyster
From Ancient Greek ξυστήρ (ksustÄ“r, “xustÄ“r"), from ξύω (ksuō, “scrape").
From Wiktionary
Greek xūstēr scraper from xūein to scrape
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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