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K-wire

K-wire is the abbreviation of Kirschner wire.

Meaning of Kirschner wire

Noun

Kirschner wire (plural Kirschner wires)

  1. A sterilized, sharpened, smooth stainless steel pin, used in orthopaedics and other types of medical and veterinary surgery to hold bone fragments together or to provide an anchor for skeletal traction.
    Synonyms:
    K-wire, pin

Forms of K-wire

pluralK-wires

Questions about K-wire

What is K-wire the abbreviation of?
K-wire is the abbreviation of Kirschner wire.

Words near K-wire in the dictionary

  1. K-turns
  2. k-value
  3. k-values
  4. K-wave
  5. K-waves
  6. K-wire
  7. K-wires
  8. k-word
  9. k-worded
  10. k-wording
  11. k-words

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