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Noun Concept
Categories: Medical equipment stubs, Surgical instruments, Hole making
EN
trepan  trephine
EN
A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull WordNet 3.0
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A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A trephine is a surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade. Wikipedia
Surgical instrument for cutting circular holes in the skull Wikidata
A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine. Wiktionary
A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, f.e. bone or cornea; a trepan. Wiktionary
Surgical instrument to remove a circular section from the skull. Wiktionary (translation)
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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! Wiktionary
IS A
surgical instrument
DERIVATION
trepan
trephine
USE
trephination
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
trepan, trephine
Wikipedia
EN
trephine
Wikidata
EN
trephine
Wiktionary
EN
trepan, trephine

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