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单词 trephine
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Definition of trephine in English:

trephine

noun trɪˈfʌɪntrɪˈfiːn
  • A hole saw used in surgery to remove a circle of tissue or bone.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The only difference in processing of the BM core and clot was decalcification of the trephine core biopsy.
    • In 2 cases, a bone marrow trephine biopsy was also available for examination.
    • The instrument for this is still called a trephine.
    • The bone marrow aspirate was similar to the trephine, with 15% of blasts showing monocytoid differentiation together with an absolute monocytosis and mild dyserythropoiesis.
    • An instrument that acts like a cookie cutter, called a trephine, cuts a precise circular shape.
verbtrɪˈfʌɪntrɪˈfiːn
[with object]
  • Operate on with a trephine.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The invention relates to a method and apparatus for trephining corneal tissue in preparation for keratoplasty.

Derivatives

  • trephination

  • nounˌtrɛfɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n
    • Reports of trepanation (or trephination) have been spotty throughout history, but there is little doubt of its existence dating back to Neolithic times.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • However - remarkably and inexplicably - the earliest major surgery of which we have undoubted evidence is trephination of the skull, which dates back to at least 5000 BC in the Stone Age period.
      • Old types of corneal prostheses required a full trephination of the cornea.
      • As in trephination performed by the Incas who traded their melancholy for a helmet made from a turtle shell.
      • He excelled in both, as a professor of surgery at the Bicetre in Paris and as a noted anthropologist dealing with a plethora of subjects, including the Cro-Magnon man and Neolithic trephination.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin tres fines 'three ends', apparently influenced by trepan.

 
 

Definition of trephine in US English:

trephine

noun
  • A hole saw used in surgery to remove a circle of tissue or bone.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bone marrow aspirate was similar to the trephine, with 15% of blasts showing monocytoid differentiation together with an absolute monocytosis and mild dyserythropoiesis.
    • In 2 cases, a bone marrow trephine biopsy was also available for examination.
    • The only difference in processing of the BM core and clot was decalcification of the trephine core biopsy.
    • An instrument that acts like a cookie cutter, called a trephine, cuts a precise circular shape.
    • The instrument for this is still called a trephine.
verb
[with object]
  • Operate on with a trephine.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The invention relates to a method and apparatus for trephining corneal tissue in preparation for keratoplasty.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin tres fines ‘three ends’, apparently influenced by trepan.

 
 
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