TOUR DE MAITRE
\tˈʊ͡ə də mˈe͡ɪtə], \tˈʊə də mˈeɪtə], \t_ˈʊə d_ə m_ˈeɪ_t_ə]\
Definitions of TOUR DE MAITRE
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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(the master's turn). An obsolete and dangerous procedure. The introduction of a sound into the male urethra by placing the shaft between the patient's thighs, passing the instrument into the urethra until its point is arrested at the bulb; the handle is then made rapidly to describe a semicircle until it reaches a vertical position, when it is once more depressed between the thighs. [Fr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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