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. |
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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.
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