Trephine
11trephine — 1. SYN: perforator. 2. To remove a disk of bone or other tissue by means of a t.. [contrived fr. L. tres fines, three ends] * * * tre·phine trē .fīn n a surgical instrument for cutting out circular sections (as of bone or corneal tissue)… …
12Trephine — Tre|phi|ne, die; , n [engl. trephine, zu lat. tres fines = drei Enden, nach der Form] (Med.): Instrument zur Entnahme kleiner Gewebsteilchen (z. B. aus Knochen od. der Hornhaut des Auges) …
13Trephine — Tre|phi̱ne [aus gleichbed. engl. trephine] w; , n: kleine Ringsäge zur Entnahme kleiner Gewebsteilchen (z. B. aus Knochen oder aus der Hornhaut des Auges) …
14Trephine — Tre|phi|ne die; , n <aus gleichbed. engl. trephine, wohl zu lat. tres fines »drei Enden«> kleine Ringsäge zur Entnahme kleiner Gewebsteilchen (z. B. aus Knochen od. der Hornhaut des Auges; Med.) …
15trephine — [trɪ fʌɪn, fi:n] noun a hole saw used in surgery to remove a circle of tissue or bone. verb operate on with a trephine. Derivatives trephination ˌtrɛfɪ neɪʃ(ə)n noun Origin C17: from L. tres fines three ends , appar. influenced by trepan …
16trephine — tre•phine [[t]trɪˈfaɪn, ˈfin[/t]] n. v. phined, phin•ing 1) srg a small circular saw used in surgery to remove disks of bone, esp. from the skull 2) srg to operate upon with a trephine • Etymology: 1620–30; sp. var. of trefine, orig. trafine, b.… …
17trephine — /trəˈfin/ (say truh feen) noun 1. Surgery a small circular saw with a centre pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle, used in surgery to remove circular discs of bone from the skull; trepan. –verb (t)… …
18trephine — n. form of trepan; v.t. use trephine on. ♦ trephination, n …
19tréphine — (tré fi n ) s. f. Terme de chirurgie. Instrument que les Anglais emploient pour la trépanation : l arbre du trépan est remplacé par une poignée analogue à celle d une vrille, et la couronne est cylindrique …
20trephine — n. small circular saw for cutting circular discs of bone (Medicine) v. (Medicine) perform surgery with a small circular saw for cutting circular discs of bone …
