KIASTER
\kˈa͡ɪəstə], \kˈaɪəstə], \k_ˈaɪ_ə_s_t_ə]\
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A species of bandage, having the form of the Greek letter X; which the ancients used for approximating, and maintaining in contact, the fragments of the patella, in cases of fracture of that bone. It was applied in the form of the figure 8.
By Robley Dunglison
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