osteotome

American  

[os-tee-uh-tohm] / ˈɒs ti əˌtoʊm /

noun

Surgery.

1. a double-beveled chisel-like instrument for cutting or dividing bone.

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osteotome British  

/ ˈɒstɪəˌtəʊm /

noun

1. a surgical instrument for cutting bone, usually a special chisel

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Etymology

Origin of osteotome

First recorded in 1835–45; New Latin osteotomus; osteo-, -tome

Example Sentences

They operated with a tiny chisel-like instrument called an osteotome in addition to a set of instruments called curettes, "which look like little sharp ice cream scoops," said Stewart.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2022

But the sum of their rapid succession, when applied to the surgeon's bone-cutting chisel or osteotome, carves away bone precisely to the surgeon's design.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

If there is no prospect of spontaneous rectification, the upper end of the tibia should be divided with the osteotome, and the limb straightened.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander