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trephines

trephines is the plural of trephine.

trephines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of trephine.

Meaning of trephine

Noun

trephine (plural trephines)

  1. 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!
    Synonyms:
    trepan

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Questions about trephines

What is trephines the plural of?
Trephines is the plural of trephine.

Words near trephines in the dictionary

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

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