Definition of Trephine

  • (n.) An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin.
  • (v. t.) To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.

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