Crossword-Solution: OSTEOTOME
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Osteotome | n. | Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone. |
We have 1 clue for the answer “OSTEOTOME”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| SURGICAL instrument for bone operation | 6 answers |
✏️ Suggest another clue
Know another question for crossword solution "OSTEOTOME"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!
Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
?
E
?
E
?
N
Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
ENE
Hint 3 another clue
AND STILL ___
20 +1
New Suggestion for "OSTEOTOME"
Related word tools
Sentences with OSTEOTOME (4)
When the deformity is comparatively slight, the bone is divided with an osteotome and straightened; when there is marked bending or angling, a wedge is taken from the convexity, as in the operation for bow-leg.
Mal-union of Pott's fracture may necessitate re-fracture by means of a Jones' wrench, used in the same manner as for club-foot, or the parts are exposed by operation; the bone is divided by means of an osteotome, the foot forcibly inverted, and the limb put up in the same way as in a recent fracture.
All intermediate forms are met with, and when confined to the maxilla, the resulting disfigurement may be improved or remedied by operation; the cheek is raised or reflected and the bone shaved away with a strong knife or osteotome.
Its latest development, the _dento-surgical engine_, is of heavier construction and is adapted to operations upon all of the bones, a recent addition to its equipment being the spiral osteotome of Cryer, by which, with a minimum shock to the patient, fenestrae of any size or shape in the brain-case may be made, from a simple trepanning operation to the more extensive openings required in intra-cranial operations.