trephine.
A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, such as bone or cornea; a trepan.
Meaning & usage
A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, such as 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 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!
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French tréphine, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trepan.
To use a trephine during surgery.
To perforate with a trephine.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French tréphine, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trepan.
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