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osteotome Surg.|ˈɒstiːəʊtəʊm| [f. as next + Gr. -τοµος that cuts.] Any instrument for cutting or dividing bone. So osteˈotomist (see quot. 1844).
1844Dunglison Dict. Med., Osteotomist..An instrument..for cutting the bones of the fœtal cranium, when..necessary. 1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Osteotomus, an instrument for cutting through bones; a kind of chain-saw: an osteotome. 1892Syd. Soc. Lex., Osteotome,..a chain saw for the division of a bone. Also, any bone saw. O., MacEwen's..an instrument of the chisel kind. |