osteotome

osteotome
/os"tee euh tohm'/, n. Surg.
a double-beveled chisellike instrument for cutting or dividing bone.
[1835-45; < NL osteotomus. See OSTEO, -TOME]

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  • osteotome — n. tool for cutting bone (Surgery) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • osteotome — os·te·o·tome …   English syllables

  • osteotome — n. a surgical chisel designed to cut bone (see illustration) …   The new mediacal dictionary

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