TREPHINED

Verb

trephined

simple past tense and past participle of trephine

Source: Wiktionary


TREPHINE

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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