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trephine
trephine is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2transitive verb
To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.
- 3noun
a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
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- 4verb
operate on with a trephine
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