Crossword-Solution: OSTEOTOME
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Osteotome | n. | Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone. |
We have 1 clue for the answer “OSTEOTOME”
| Clue | Answers |
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| SURGICAL instrument for bone operation | 6 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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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.