GUILLOTINE

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 9

n. Gi"l'o-ten. From Guillotin, a proper name. 1. An apparatus for performing execution by means of decapitation. 2. A surgical instrument of similar construction for cutting off protuberant parts, chiefly enlarged tonsils. See AMYGDALOTOME. Tonsil g. See AMYQDALOTOME. [s. 250]