Meaning of trephine | Babel Free

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A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, such as bone or cornea; a trepan.

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“They removed a core of bone as well as took a bone marrow aspirate from my right hip using a trephine to exclude me having a blood cancer, causing a blood- and serum-stained shirt, a whopping hematoma and a great deal of mental anguish and physical pain in the process!”

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