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- noun Plural form of
trephine . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
trephine .
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Examples
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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.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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He should also have small scalpels, tooth trephines, and files.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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Lambing waited for no man, and it certainly didn’t wait for little boys who were recovering from trephines.
LADY of SKYE PATRICIA CABOT 2001
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“You might know a lot about trephines, and the like, but what do you know about disease and how it’s spread?”
LADY of SKYE PATRICIA CABOT 2001
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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. [
Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine James Sands Elliott
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