trephine
trephine · trephines
A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of…A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, such as bone or cornea; a trepan.
/tɹɪˈfaɪn/
Meaning
1 sensesA surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, such as bone or cornea; a trepan.
a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from French tréphine, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon,Borrowed from French tréphine, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trepan.
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