| Gigli's saw | A hand-held wire saw for use in craniotomy or pubiotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| saw | An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc, consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing. Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. Band saw, Crosscut saw, etc. See Band, Crosscut, etc. Circular saw, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor. Saw bench, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table. Saw file, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth. Saw frame, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held. Saw gate, a saw frame. Saw gin, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibres are drawn, by the teeth, of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass. <botany> Saw grass, the marsh titmouse (Parus palustris); so named from its call note. Scroll saw, a ribbon of steel with saw teeth upon one edge, stretched in a frame and adapted for sawing curved outlines; also, a machine in which such a saw is worked by foot or power. Origin: OE. Sawe, AS. Sage; akin to D. Zaag, G. Sage, OHG. Sega, saga, Dan. Sav, sw. Sag, Icel. Sog, L. Secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. Scythe, Sickle, Section, Sedge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saw-whet | <zoology> A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes. Synonym: Acadian owl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saw-wort | <botany> Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Stryker saw | A rapidly oscillating saw used for cutting bone or plaster casts; it cuts hard matter, but soft tissues give and thus are not injured. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Adams, Robert | <person> Irish physician, 1791-1875. See: Adams-Stokes disease, Stokes-Adams disease, Adams-Stokes syncope, Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome, Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Adams, Sir William | <person> British surgeon, 1760-1829. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Adams-Stokes disease | <syndrome> Transient asystole or ventricular fibrillation in the presence of atrioventricular block. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Adams-Stokes syncope | Syncope due to complete atrioventricular block. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adams-stokes syndrome | <syndrome> Transient asystole or ventricular fibrillation in the presence of atrioventricular block. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome | <syndrome> Transient asystole or ventricular fibrillation in the presence of atrioventricular block. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Stokes-Adams disease | <syndrome> Transient asystole or ventricular fibrillation in the presence of atrioventricular block. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Stokes-Adams syndrome | <syndrome> Transient asystole or ventricular fibrillation in the presence of atrioventricular block. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Abbe operation | Use of an Abbe flap in plastic surgery of the lips. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Arie-Pitanguy operation | A procedure to reduce a large breast by a lozenge-shaped resection of tissue from its inferior pole. Synonym: Arie-Pitanguy mammaplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |