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trephiner

trephiner noun: a trepanner.

Noun

trephiner (plural trephiners)

  1. A trepanner.

Forms of trephiner

pluraltrephiners

Origin of trephiner

From trephine + -er.

Questions about trephiner

What does trephiner mean?
Trephiner means a trepanner.
What part of speech is trephiner?
Trephiner is a noun.
What is the plural of trephiner?
The plural of trephiner is trephiners.

Words near trephiner in the dictionary

  1. trephinated
  2. trephination
  3. trephinations
  4. trephine
  5. trephined
  6. trephiner
  7. trephiners
  8. trephines
  9. trephining
  10. trephinings
  11. trephocyte

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