Lexicon:Trepan, trephine, trepanning, trephining
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| Term: | trepan, trephine, trepanning, trephining |
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| References: | Master and Commander, page 138 HMS Surprise, pages 119, 298 The Mauritius Command, pages 296, 297 The Far Side of the World, pages 194, 313, 325 The Hundred Days, pages 16, 64 |
| Meaning: | A trepan or trephine is a surgical instrument having circular, sawlike edges, used to cut out disks of bone, usually from the skull. |
Additional information
Maturin's Medicine — This article is based on information from Maturin's Medicine, compiled and edited by Kerry Webb, with the help of a number of contributors.
Categories: Maturin's Medicine:-T- | Maturin's Medicine:HMS Surprise (novel) | Maturin's Medicine:HMS Surprise (novel, chapter 05) | Maturin's Medicine:HMS Surprise (novel, chapter 09) | Maturin's Medicine:Master and Commander (novel) | Maturin's Medicine:Master and Commander (novel, chapter 04) | Maturin's Medicine:The Far Side of the World | Maturin's Medicine:The Far Side of the World (chapter 05) | Maturin's Medicine:The Far Side of the World (chapter 09) | Maturin's Medicine:The Hundred Days | Maturin's Medicine:The Hundred Days (chapter 01) | Maturin's Medicine:The Hundred Days (chapter 03) | Maturin's Medicine:The Mauritius Command | Maturin's Medicine:The Mauritius Command (chapter 09)
