ALL meanings of trephine
tre·phine
T t - noun trephine a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull. 1
- verb with object trephine to operate upon with a trephine. 1
- noun trephine a surgical sawlike instrument for removing circular sections of bone, esp from the skull 0
- verb trephine to remove a circular section of bone from (esp the skull) 0
- noun trephine a type of small crown saw used in surgery to remove a circular section, as of bone from the skull 0
- intransitive verb trephine to operate on with a trephine 0