saw

saw (saw) a cutting instrument with a serrated edge.

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Gigli's wire saw  a flexible wire with saw teeth.

Gigli's wire saw as used in removing segment of the skull.

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saw,

n a cutting blade with a toothed edge used to cut material too hard to slice with a knife.

saw, Gigli's wire,

n.pr a flexible wire with teeth used for osteotomy procedures; often used in blind operations.

saw, gold,

n an instrument with a thin sawlike blade used for removing surplus metal from the contact area of gold-foil restorations.

saw, Joseph,

n.pr a nasal saw often used in ramusotomy of the mandible.

saw, Koeber's,

n.pr a saw consisting of a thin, replaceable blade held in a frame; used to trim gross excess from the proximal portion of a Class II foil restoration in the preliminary stages of finishing and contouring.

saw, oscillating,

n an oscillating blade in an electrical or compressed gas-driven unit; used to cut bone.

saw, rotary,

n a rotary blade on a shaft in an electrical or compressed gas-driven unit; used to cut bone.

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saw

multi-toothed cutting instrument.

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chain saw

see pearson saw.

Stryker saw

see stryker saw.

surgical saw

modeled on carpentry tools but made of sterilizable materials; used for cutting cartilage and bone.

wire saw

see wire saw, gigli wire saw.

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saw

Orthopedics Any of a number of manual or electric devices with a serrated cutting edge, used to cut bone and/or hard tissue. See Stryker saw.