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trephine


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trephine  \Tre*phine"\  (?;  277),  n.  [A  dim.  of  1st  trepan:  cf  F. 
  tr['e]phine.]  (Surg.) 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trephine  \Tre*phine"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Trephined};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Trephining}.] 
  To  perforate  with  a  trephine;  to  trepan. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trephine 
  n  :  a  surgical  instrument  used  to  remove  sections  of  bone  from 
  the  skull  [syn:  {trepan}] 
  v  :  operate  on  with  a  trephine 




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