1.
[syn: trepan, trephine]
VERB (1)
1. operate on with a trephine;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trephine \Tre*phine"\ (?; 277), n. [A dim. of 1st trepan: cf. F.
tr['e]phine.] (Surg.)
An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the
trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle
like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called
the center pin.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trephine \Tre*phine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trephined; p. pr. &
vb. n. Trephining.]
To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
trephine
n 1: a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from
the skull [syn: trepan, trephine]
v 1: operate on with a trephine