TREPHINE


Meaning of TREPHINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtrē-ˌfīn ]

noun

Etymology: French tréphine, from obsolete English trefine, trafine, from Latin tres fines three ends, from tres three + fines, plural of finis end — more at three

Date: 1628

: a surgical instrument for cutting out circular sections (as of bone or corneal tissue)

• trephine transitive verb

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