A surgical instrument designed to cut or incise the lacrimal sac during eye surgery.
From Greek 'dakryon' (tear) + 'kystis' (sac) + 'tome' (cut). The '-tome' suffix refers to a cutting instrument, similar to 'scalpel' or 'lancet'.
Medical instruments are named very literally—a dacryocystotome is literally a 'tear-sac-cutting' tool, and knowing the name tells you exactly what it does!
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