TREPHINE

trepan, trephine

(noun) a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull

trephine

(verb) operate on with a trephine

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

trephine (plural trephines)

(medicine) A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, f.e. bone or cornea; a trepan.

Synonyms

• trepan (obsolete)

Verb

trephine (third-person singular simple present trephines, present participle trephining, simple past and past participle trephined)

(intransitive) To use a trephine during surgery.

(transitive) To perforate with a trephine.

Anagrams

• nephrite, prehnite, repineth, ripeneth

Source: Wiktionary

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Tre*phine", n. Etym: [A dim. of 1st trepan: cf. F. tréphine.] (Surg.)

Definition: An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin.

Tre*phine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trephined; p. pr. & vb. n. Trephining.]

Definition: To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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