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Webster 1913 Edition

Trephine

Tre-phine′

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[A dim. of 1st
trepan
: cf. F.
tréphine
.]
(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.

Tre-phine′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Trephined
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Trephining
.]
To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.

Webster 1828 Edition

Trephine

TREPH'INE

,
Noun.
[See Trepan.] An instrument for trepanning, more modern than the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimblet, and a little sharp perforator, called the center-pin.

TREPH'INE

,
Verb.
T.
To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.

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