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trephine

[trih-fahyn, -feen] / trɪˈfaɪn, -ˈfin /


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We aspirated all brain tissue inside the trephine.

From Nature • Mar. 21, 2017

It is even probable that the trephine holes found in prehistoric skulls 50,000 years old were made for curative purposes.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has already applied the trephine to the cold-storage eye which an assistant holds by means of sterile gauze.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sharp point of this she pressed into her scalp over a trephine hole.

From Time Magazine Archive

The man who had been behind the desk was leaning over Harry, smiling down at him, gently bandaging the trephine wounds at his temples.

From The Dark Door by Nourse, Alan Edward