kirschner wire

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Noun

1. A [[sterilize]]d, [[sharpen]]ed, [[smooth]] [[stainless steel]] [[pin]], used in [[orthopaedics]] and other types of [[medical]] and [[veterinary]] [[surgery]] to hold [[bone]] [[fragment]]s together or to provide an [[anchor]] for [[skeletal]] [[traction]].

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