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tre·phine
 trephine
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- pronunciation:
- trih
faIn
[or]
trih
fin
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
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noun |
| definition: |
a circular surgical saw, mounted on a shaft and operated by a lateral handle, used to remove disks of bone, esp. from the skull.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
trephines, trephining, trephined |
| definition: |
to use a trephine on.
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