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TREPHINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("trephine" is a kind of...):
surgical instrument (a medical instrument used in surgery)
Derivation:
trephine (operate on with a trephine)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they trephine ... he / she / it trephines
Past simple: trephined
Past participle: trephined
-ing form: trephining
Sense 1
Meaning:
Operate on with a trephine
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "trephine" is one way to...):
operate; operate on (perform surgery on)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
trephination (an operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skull)
trephine (a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull)
