tre|phine

tre|phine
tre|phine «trih FYN, -FEEN», noun, verb, -phined, -phin|ing.
–n.
a cylindrical saw with a removable center pin, used to cut out circular pieces from the skull.
–v.t.
to operate on with a trephine.
[earlier trafine, alteration of trapan, variant of trepan1; spelling influenced by Latin trēs fīnēs three ends]

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