TREPHINES

Noun

trephines

plural of trephine

Verb

trephines

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trephine

Anagrams

• nephrites, prehnites

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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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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