Associations to the word «Kirschner»

Wiktionary

KIRSCHNER WIRE, noun. A sterilized, sharpened, smooth stainless steel pins, used in orthopaedics and other types of medical and veterinary surgery to hold bone fragments together or to provide an anchor for skeletal traction.
KIRSCHNER WIRES, noun. Plural of Kirschner wire

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.