trephine

tre·phine

 (trĭ-fīn′)

n.

A surgical instrument with a cylindrical saw usually used for removing a disk of bone, especially from the skull, or for removing corneal tissue.

tr.v. tre·phined, tre·phin·ing, tre·phines

To operate on with a trephine.

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[French tréphine, from obsolete English trefine, from Latin trēs fīnēs, three ends : trēs, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + fīnēs, pl. of fīnis, end.]

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treph′i·na′tion (trĕf′ə-nā′shən) n.

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trephine

(trɪˈfiːn)

n

(Surgery) a surgical sawlike instrument for removing circular sections of bone, esp from the skull

vb

(Surgery) (tr) to remove a circular section of bone from (esp the skull)

Also called: trepan

[C17: from French tréphine, from obsolete English trefine trepan¹, allegedly from Latin trēs fīnēs literally: three ends; influenced also by English trepane trepan¹]

trephination n

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tre•phine

(trɪˈfaɪn, -ˈfin)

n., v. -phined, -phin•ing. n.

1. a small circular saw used in surgery to remove disks of bone, esp. from the skull.

v.t.

2. to operate upon with a trephine.

[1620–30; sp. variant of trefine, orig. trafine, b. trapan (variant of trepan¹) and Latin phrase trēs fīnēs three ends]

treph•i•na•tion (ˌtrɛf əˈneɪ ʃən) n.

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trephine

Past participle: trephined
Gerund: trephining

Imperative

trephine

trephine

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trephine - a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull trepan surgical instrument - a medical instrument used in surgery
Verb	1.	trephine - operate on with a trephine     operate on, operate - perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"

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Translations

trephine

[treˈfiːn]

A. N → trépano m

B. VT → trepanar

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