trephine
bone biopsy trephine kit
Meanings
Noun
- A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, f.e. bone or cornea; a trepan.
Verb
- To use a trephine during surgery.
- To perforate with a trephine.
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Origin
- Borrowed from French tréphine, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον ("auger, borer"). trepan.
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