TREPHINE
- to operate on with a surgical saw [v TREPHINED, TREPHINES, TREPHINING]
- 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
- to operate upon with a trephine
- to operate on with a surgical saw, also TREPAN, TRAPAN [v TREPHINED, TREPHINING, TREPHINES]