Trephine (Crossword clue)
We found one answer for “Trephine” .
This page shows answers to the clue Trephine, followed by 6 definitions like “A cylindrical saw”, “To perforate with a trephine” and “Operate on with a trephine”.TREPAN |
Definitions of “Trephine”
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• An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan
• To remove a disc of bone or other tissue by means of a trephine
• A surgical tool used to cut out circular pieces of bone or other tissue
• A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
• A trephine (n; from Latin trypan, meaning to bore){dubious|date=May 2014|reason=Etymology dubious
• A trephine is a surgeon's cylindrical saw with a guiding centre pin used for removing part of the bone of the skull
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