Thesaurus: trephine

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1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.
3. n. a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
4. v. operate on with a trephine
5. 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. To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.
6. An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on thetrepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like thatof a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin.
7. v. operate on with a trephine