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noun an operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skull
originEtymology tree English trephine Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English trephination From trephine + -ation.
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