trephine

A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull.

• 🇩🇪Chirurgisches Instrument, das zum Entfernen von Knochenstücken aus dem Schädel verwendet wird.

1. Surgical instrument C2 formal medical

   A cylindrical saw-like surgical instrument used to remove a circular disc of bone, especially from the skull.

   • The surgeon used a trephine to create a small opening in the patient's skull.
   • Trephination, performed with a trephine, is one of the oldest surgical procedures.
   • Modern neurosurgeons may still use a trephine for specific cranial procedures.

   🇩🇪Chirurgisches Instrument

   Synonyme: trepan

• trephines plural form
• trephines' possessive plural form
• trephine's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to perform a surgical procedure using a trephine, a cylindrical saw, to remove a circular section of bone, typically from the skull.

• 🇩🇪Medizinischer Fachbegriff für das Anlegen eines Bohrlochs im Knochen, meist im Schädel, mit einem Trepan (einer zylindrischen Säge). Allgemeiner auch: mit einem solchen Instrument kreisförmig ausschneiden oder durchbohren.

1. Surgical procedure C2 formal medical

   To operate on a part of the body, especially the skull, using a trephine (a cylindrical saw) to remove a circular piece of bone.

   • The surgeon had to trephine the patient's skull to relieve pressure on the brain.
   • In ancient times, healers would trephine the skull to treat head injuries.
   • The neurosurgeon carefully trephined the bone to access the underlying tissue.

   🇩🇪Trepanieren

   Synonyme: trepan

• trephined past participle
• trephined past simple
• trephining present participle
• trephines third person singular