Trephine

/tɹɪˈfaɪn/

Synonyms for "trephine" (45 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Noun(7 words)
trepanbiopsybone borerbone boring toolbone coringbone drillbone hole

Strong matches (14)

Noun(5 words)
bone samplingbone windowcircular openingdrillextract

Related words (22)

Related word relations

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More general

10 entries
archaeology methodholeinstrumentmedical procedureopeningoperateoperate onosteology techniquesurgical instrumentsurgical procedure

More specific

8 entries
bone biopsybone diskbone samplingbone trephinecore samplingcranial trephinecraniotomyskull window

Collocations

12 entries
bone biopsybone diskbone drillbone windowcranial trephinationcranial trephineskull trephinetrephine biopsytrephine bittrephine bladetrephine instrumenttrephine tool

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

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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 a 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!

Source: wiktionary

"We shall wait," said Van Helsing, "just long enough to fix the best spot for trephining, so that we may most quickly and perfectly remove the blood clot, for it is evident that the haemorrhage is increasing."

Source: wiktionary

The pony was cast, and trephined, a middle-sized trephine (or bone saw) being used, which removed a circular piece of bone about the size of a two shilling piece, from the face immediately over the air cavity.

Source: wiktionary

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