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tre·pan (tr-pn)
n.
A trephine.
v.
To trephine.
trepan.
See trephine.
trephine [trĕ-f€īn´, trĕ-fēn´]
1. a saw for removing a disk of bone, chiefly from the skull.
Trephine. From Dorland's, 2000.
2. an instrument for removing a circular area of cornea.
3. to remove with this instrument.
trepan
trephine.
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