Surg. [mod. f. Gr. βρόγχος BRONCHUS + -τομος cutting, cutter; cf. F. bronchotome.] A knife used for bronchotomy; also, a pair of scissors for opening the bronchi in post mortem examinations.
1837. W. Stokes, Dis. Chest (1882), 148, note. The lung should be dissected by means of a fine pair of scissors…. This instrument may be called a bronchotome.
1880. Syd. Soc. Lex.
