English Explanatory Dictionary

trephine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, such as bone or cornea; a trepan.
verb
  1. To use a trephine during surgery.
  2. To perforate with a trephine.

Pronunciation

/tɹɪˈfaɪn/

Word forms

trephine trephines trephining trephined

Etymology

Borrowed from French tréphine, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trepan.

Synonyms

trepan
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