trephiner
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trephiner
A near-extinct term for a surgeon who performed trephination as practiced in the Middle Ages, in which holes were bored in the skull and other body sites to allow “evil humours” a place of egress.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
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