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Webster 1913 Edition
Osteotome
Os′te-o-tome
,Noun.
[
Osteo-
+ Gr. τέμνειν
.] (Surg.)
Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.
Definition 2024
osteotome
osteotome
English
Noun
osteotome (plural osteotomes)
- a medical tool used for cutting or marking bone, used in dental implantation
- a kind of bone saw used in the 19th and early 20th centuries