Trephine Definition
trĭ-fīn
trephined, trephines, trephining
noun
trephines
A type of small crown saw used in surgery to remove a circular section, as of bone from the skull.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
trephined, trephines, trephining
To operate on with a trephine.
Webster's New World
Origin of Trephine
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French tréphine from obsolete English trefine from Latin trēs fīnēs three ends trēs three trei- in Indo-European roots fīnēs pl. of fīnis end
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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