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Definition of Cutdown
1. Noun. (surgery) An emergency medical procedure in which the vein is exposed and a cannula is inserted into it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cutdown
1. a reduction [n -S] - See also: reduction
Medical Definition of Cutdown
1. Dissection of a vein for insertion of a cannula or needle for the administration of intravenous fluids or medication. Synonym: venostomy. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cutdown
Literary usage of Cutdown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Labor and Industrial Chronology by Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor (1900)
"Kimball Bros., shoes, restored 5 per cent cutdown of 1897. ' May. ... Rubbers at
comb shop of Newton & Merriam struck for restoration of recent cutdown. ..."
2. Diagnosis and Severity of Drug Abuse and Drug Dependence edited by Jack D. Blaine, Arthur M. Horton, Jr., Leland H. Towle (1997)
"WITHDRAW, RELIEF, CONTINUE, TIMESPENT, cutdown, and GIVEUP defined the factor
corresponding to dependence, although LARGER loaded fairly highly on both ..."
3. Annual Report on the Statistics of Manufactures by Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics (1900)
"... and wool departments; later, strikers returned and company agreed to restore
the 1898 cutdown ; in July, No. 3 mill shut down on account of dull trade. ..."
4. Labor and Industrial Chronology by Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor (1902)
"About 12 corduroy weavers employed at the Merrimack Manufacturing Co. struck to
resist alleged cutdown in wages due to replacing the old looms by new ones ..."
5. Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor by Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics (1900)
"Kimball Bros., shoes, restored 5 per cent cutdown of 1897. May. ... Rubbers at
comb shop of Newton & Merriam struck for restoration of recent cutdown. ..."
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