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tre·phine I. \ˈtrēˌfīn; trə̇ˈfīn, -ˈfēn\ noun (-s) Etymology: French tréphine, from obsolete English trefine, trafine, from Latin tres fines three ends, from tres three + fines, plural of finis end — more at three, final 1. : a surgical instrument for cutting out circular sections (as of bone or corneal tissue) 2. : trephination II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) intransitive verb : to perform a trephination transitive verb : to operate on with or extract by means of a trephine < two young men whose skulls had been trephined because of head injury — R.S.Woodworth > < a graft trephined from a fresh cadaver eye — Yrbk. of the Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat > |