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osteotome

osteotome noun: a medical tool used for cutting or marking bone, used in dental implantation.

Noun

osteotome (plural osteotomes)

  1. A medical tool used for cutting or marking bone, used in dental implantation.
  2. (historical) A kind of bone saw used in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

osteotome meaning in Tamil

osteotome in Tamil

எலும்பு வெட்டி

Forms of osteotome

pluralosteotomes

Origin of osteotome

From osteo- + -tome.

Questions about osteotome

What does osteotome mean?
Osteotome means a medical tool used for cutting or marking bone, used in dental implantation.
What is osteotome in Tamil?
Osteotome in Tamil is எலும்பு வெட்டி. See Osteotome meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is osteotome?
Osteotome is a noun.
What is the plural of osteotome?
The plural of osteotome is osteotomes.

Words near osteotome in the dictionary

  1. osteosynthetic
  2. osteotechnics
  3. osteotendineous
  4. osteotendinous
  5. osteotesticular
  6. osteotome
  7. osteotomes
  8. osteotomies
  9. osteotomised
  10. osteotomist
  11. osteotomists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: osteotome (page history and authors); osteotome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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