trephine

3 definitions found

trephine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Trephine \Tre*phine"\ (?; 277), n. [A dim. of 1st trepan: cf. F.
     tr['e]phine.] (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.
     [1913 Webster]

  Trephine \Tre*phine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trephined; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Trephining.]
     To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.
     [1913 Webster]

trephine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  trephine
      n 1: a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from
           the skull [syn: trepan, trephine]
      v 1: operate on with a trephine