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trephine

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noun tre·phine \ˈtrē-ˌfīn\

Definition of trephine

  1. :  a surgical instrument for cutting out circular sections (as of bone or corneal tissue)

trephine

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Origin and Etymology of trephine

French tréphine, from obsolete English trefine, trafine, from Latin tres fines three ends, from tres three + fines, plural of finis end — more at three

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trephine

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noun tre·phine \ˈtrē-ˌfīn\

Medical Definition of trephine

  1. :  a surgical instrument for cutting out circular sections (as of bone or corneal tissue)

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trephine

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transitive verb tre·phine \ˈtrē-ˌfīn, tri-ˈ\

Medical Definition of trephine

trephined

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trephining

  1. :  to operate on with or extract by means of a trephine

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