trephine

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɹɪˈfaɪn/

Noun

trephine (plural trephines)

1. (medicine) A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, f.e. bone or cornea; a trepan.

   They removed a core of bone as well as took a bone marrow aspirate from my right hip using a trephine to exclude me having a blood cancer, causing a blood- and serum-stained shirt, a whopping hematoma and a great deal of mental anguish and physical pain in the process!

Synonyms

• trepan (obsolete)

Translations

• French: trépan, tréphine
• Spanish: trépano

Verb

trephine (trephines, present participle trephining; past and past participle trephined)

1. (intransitive) To use a trephine during surgery.
2. (transitive) To perforate with a trephine.

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