Australian English Meaning of trephine

trephine

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Definitions and Meaning of trephine in English

Wordnet

trephine (n)

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

Wordnet

trephine (v)

operate on with a trephine

Webster

trephine (n.)

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.

Webster

trephine (v. t.)

To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.

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trephine

a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull, operate on with a trephineAn instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan

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trephination => Trephination, trepeget => trebuchet, trepanning => trephination, trepanner => trepan, trepanned => trepanned,