Wire

(wir). A filament of metal, as steel, iron, silver, or the like. Wire is used in surgical operations for suturing, etc. Woven-wire splints are also employed. Wire is an e ential part of the electric circuit. 'Woillez' Disease. A name given to active cong tion of the lungs, on the supposition that it is an dependent primary affection. See Diseases, Table Wolf. A digitigrade carn i Wiring (wir'-ing). Securing or staying by means of wire. W. Pin, a method of fixing the fragments of a broken bone by means of pins, as in fracture of the olecranon or patella.