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snare
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snare (snār) a wire loop for removing polyps and tumors by encircling them at the base and closing the loop.
snare (snâr)
n.
A surgical instrument with a wire loop controlled by a mechanism in the handle, used to remove growths, such as tumors and polyps.

snare
[sner]
Etymology: AS, sneare, noose
a device designed for holding a wire noose, used in removing small stalklike growths. The operator tightens the wire around the stalk (peduncle), thus removing the growth.

snare [snār]
a wire loop for removing polyps and other pedunculated growths by cutting them off at the base.

snare
an entrapping loop.

cable snare
obstetrical snare
a looped cord for slipping over the head of a fetus to provide traction on the neck. Applied over the nape and through the mouth, not around the neck.
pig snare
surgical snare
a wire loop for removing polyps and other pedunculated growths by cutting them off at the base.

snare
Surgery A looped device used to snag a polyp or other small and/or pedunculated structures from sites of difficult access


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Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen failed to last long as India attacked on two fronts: Harbhajan, who enticed a nick to send Bell back before lunch, and Kumble, the snarer of Flintoff, probing away on a parched pitch already showing signs of cracking up, while Pathan and Sreesanth exploited the reverse swing on offer.
India attacked on two fronts: Harbhajan, who enticed a nick to send Ian Bell back before lunch, and Kumble, the snarer of Flintoff, probing away on a parched pitch already showing signs of cracking up, while Pathan and Sreesanth exploited the reverse swing on offer.
Then you get the 'sniggerers', who go down to a well-stocked salmon pool armed with large weighted treble hooks to rip fish out; snarers, who use rabbit snares on poles to tail them out; and gangs of prawners, who descend on fly-only stretches and wheech them out.
 
 
 
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