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trephine

[ trih-fahyn, -feen ]

noun

  1. a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.


verb (used with object)

trephined, trephining.
  1. to operate upon with a trephine.

trephine

/ trɪˈfiËn; ËŒtrÉ›fɪˈneɪʃən /

noun

  1. a surgical sawlike instrument for removing circular sections of bone, esp from the skull
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to remove a circular section of bone from (esp the skull)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • trephination, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù°ù±ð±è³ó·¾±Â·²Ô²¹Â·³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô [tref-, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trephine1

1620–30; spelling variant of trefine, originally trafine, blend of trapan (variant of trepan 1 ) and Latin phrase trēs fīnēs three ends (the inventor's explanation)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trephine1

C17: from French ³Ù°ùé±è³ó¾±²Ô±ð , from obsolete English trefine trepan 1, allegedly from Latin trÄ“s fÄ«nÄ“s literally: three ends; influenced also by English trepane trepan 1
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Instead of chisels and mallets to open a skull, Cushing carefully drilled holes with a hand trephine, a cousin of the wooden-handle corkscrew.

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We aspirated all brain tissue inside the trephine.

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Had been trephined in right parietal region before coming under our observation.

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With his hands full of chisels, trephines, and mallets Marcy went to cross the room, and chanced to trip on a rug, falling headlong.

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The little animal lies on the table insensible, chloroformed, while with the sharp-toothed little trephine the operator makes a tiny hole in its skull, lays bare the brain, and inserts the virus.

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