TREPHINE

Trephine

A trephine is a surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade. It can be of one of several dimensions and designs depending on what it is going to be used for. They may be specially designed for obtaining a cylindrically shaped core of bone that can be used for tests and bone studies, cutting holes in bones or for cutting out a round piece of the cornea for eye surgery.

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trephine

Noun

  1. A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trepan.

Verb

  1. To use a trephine during surgery.


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