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Trephine

noun
1.
A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull.  Synonym: trepan.





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"Trephine" Quotes from Famous Books



... the worst wound was on the head, where the bear had struck him with his claws. His scalp was almost torn from his head, and a large piece of skull some three inches in diameter was broken out and lifted from the brain as cleanly as if done by the surgeon's trephine. ...
— Bears I Have Met—and Others • Allen Kelly


Words linked to "Trephine" :   surgical instrument, operate, operate on, trephination, trepan


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