noun
Origin: earlier trafine, form based on trepan < L tres, three + fines, ends
intransitive verb trephined, trephining
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See trephine in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: French tréphine
Origin: , from obsolete English trefine
Origin: , from Latin trēs fīnēs, three ends
Origin: : trēs, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots
Origin: + fīnēs
Origin: , pl. of fīnis, end
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