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Noun: trephine  tri'fIn
  1. A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
    - trepan
Verb: trephine  tri'fIn
  1. Operate on with a trephine

Derived forms: trephined, trephines, trephining

Type of: operate, operate on, surgical instrument

Encyclopedia: Trephine

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Trent River
Trental
trente-et-quarante
Trentino-Alto Adige
Trento
Trenton
trepan
trepang
trephination
trephine
Trephritidae
trepid
trepidation
trepidly
treponema
Treponemataceae
trespass
trespass de bonis asportatis
trespass on the case
trespass quare clausum fregit