Usually means: Thin metal pin, surgical use.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Kirschner wire)

noun:  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.

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