A surgical instrument used to scrape bone; a raspatory; a periosteal elevator.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From post-classical Latin rugina, probably an alteration of classical Latin runcīna plane.
Definition of rougine in US English:
rougine
(also rugine)
nounrʊˈʒiːn
A surgical instrument used to scrape bone; a raspatory; a periosteal elevator.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From post-classical Latin rugina, probably an alteration of classical Latin runcīna plane.