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trephine
[ trih-fahyn, -feen ]
noun
- 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)
- to operate upon with a trephine.
trephine
/ tr瑟藞fi藧n; 藢tr蓻f瑟藞ne瑟蕛蓹n /
noun
- a surgical sawlike instrument for removing circular sections of bone, esp from the skull
verb
- tr to remove a circular section of bone from (esp the skull)
Derived Forms
- trephination, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 迟谤别辫丑路颈路苍补路迟颈辞苍 [tref-, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of trephine1
Example Sentences
Instead of chisels and mallets to open a skull, Cushing carefully drilled holes with a hand trephine, a cousin of the wooden-handle corkscrew.
We aspirated all brain tissue inside the trephine.
Had been trephined in right parietal region before coming under our observation.
With his hands full of chisels, trephines, and mallets Marcy went to cross the room, and chanced to trip on a rug, falling headlong.
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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