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Record 1 2009-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A chisel-like knife for cutting bone.

CONT

The bone sculpting chisels are called osteotomes: they are used to cut a window in the bone cortex to allow harvesting of pure soft bone.

OBS

Often, the terms "chisel", "bone chisel", "gouge", "bone gouge" and "osteotome" are used as synonyms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Ciseau à os utilisé pour la section chirurgicale d'un os.

CONT

La section chirurgicale d'un os [...] se fait à l'aide d'un instrument (ciseau) spécial : l'ostéotome.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental quirúrgico
DEF

Instrumento delgado con bisel en ambas caras [...] diseñado para realizar cortes rectos.

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