pince cochère

English translation: Kocher forceps (Kocher's forceps)

01:47 Oct 12, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments
French term or phrase: pince cochère
"Le chirurgien peut utiliser une pince cochère ou un porte-aiguille standard pour extraire les mors."
Heather Drake
Local time: 12:37
English translation:Kocher forceps (Kocher's forceps)
Explanation:
I guess the author did not know the correct name of this Swiss surgeon, Nobel prize in 1909, but meant "pince de Kocher"

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alternatively (and usually) pince "Kocher"
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Hervé du Verle
Local time: 14:37
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4 +5Kocher forceps (Kocher's forceps)
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Kocher forceps (Kocher's forceps)


Explanation:
I guess the author did not know the correct name of this Swiss surgeon, Nobel prize in 1909, but meant "pince de Kocher"

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-10-12 03:02:50 GMT)
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alternatively (and usually) pince "Kocher"

Hervé du Verle
Local time: 14:37
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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