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trephining

Variant of trephine

noun

a type of small crown saw used in surgery to remove a circular section, as of bone from the skull

Origin: earlier trafine, form based on trepan < L tres, three + fines, ends

intransitive verb trephined, trephining

to operate on with a trephine

Related Forms:

trephination noun

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