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trephine

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8 lettersPronunciation /tɹɪˈfaɪn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eehinprtStarts with TEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. operate on with a trephine

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • "We shall wait," said Van Helsing, "just long enough to fix the best spot for trephining, so that we may most quickly and perfectly remove the blood clot, for it is evident that the haemorrhage is increasing."
  • The pony was cast, and trephined, a middle-sized trephine (or bone saw) being used, which removed a circular piece of bone about the size of a two shilling piece, from the face immediately over the air cavity.

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