Trephines

Word TREPHINES
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Definitions and meanings of "Trephines"

What do we mean by trephines?

A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, f.e. bone or cornea; a trepan.

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The word "trephines" in example sentences

With few exceptions, therefore, designed to meet emergencies, my set of instruments formed a supplement to the actual necessities carried by the Service hospitals, and was as follows: -- 4 trephines, Horsley's elevator, brain knife and seeker. ❋ George Henry Makins (N/A)

He should also have small scalpels, tooth trephines, and files. ❋ James Joseph Walsh (1903)

Lambing waited for no man, and it certainly didn’t wait for little boys who were recovering from trephines. ❋ PATRICIA CABOT (2001)

“You might know a lot about trephines, and the like, but what do you know about disease and how it’s spread?” ❋ PATRICIA CABOT (2001)

Other instruments discovered are: Forceps for removing tumours; instruments for tapping in cases of dropsy (such an instrument was described by Celsus); seven varieties of probes; bronze catheters; 89 specimens of pincers; various kinds of knives, bone-elevators, lancets, spatulas, cauteries, saws, and trephines. [ ❋ James Sands Elliott (N/A)

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