Trephine

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trephine \Tre*phine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trephined}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Trephining}.]
     To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trephine
       n : a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from
           the skull [syn: {trepan}]
       v : operate on with a trephine