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Showing words for TREPHINE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Trephine

nephrite, prehnite, trephine

7 Letter Words for Trephine

enherit, etherin, heptine, inepter, neither, petrine, prithee, terpine, therein

6 Letter Words for Trephine

either, entier, entire, entrep, erthen, ethine, henter, herein, herpet, hinter, inhere, neiper, nerite, nether, nipter, nither, perine, perite, perten, pether, petrie, pterin, repent, repine, retine, terpen, terpin, theine, theirn, threep, threip, threne, threpe, tipree, triene

5 Letter Words for Trephine

enter, entre, erept, ether, herne, hiper, hiree, hiren, inept, inert, inter, irene, ither, neper, nepit, neter, niter, peert, peine, penie, perit, perth, peter, petre, petri, pheer, phene, phren, piert, piner, pinte, preen, prent, prine, print, renet, rente, repen, repin, rethe, retie, retin, retip, rheen, rhein, rhine, ripen, rithe, terne, theer, thein, their, there, thine, three, thrip, treen, trine, tripe

4 Letter Words for Trephine

eine, eire, entr, epit, erie, erin, erne, erth, eten, ethe, heep, heer, heir, hent, hept, here, hern, herp, hert, hete, hine, hint, hipe, hipt, hire, intr, irpe, iter, neep, neer, neet, nete, neth, neti, peen, peer, pene, peni, pent, pere, perh, peri, pern, pert, pete, phit, pien, pier, piet, pine, pint, pirn, pith, pree, pret, prie, prin, reen, reet, rein, reit, rent, rept, rete, rhet, rine, ripe, ript, rite, teen, teer, tehr, tene, tepe, tern, terp, thee, then, thin, thir, tien, tier, tine, tipe, tire, tree, trie, trin, trip

3 Letter Words for Trephine

een, eer, eir, ene, epi, ere, ern, ert, eth, hee, hei, hen, hep, her, het, hie, hin, hip, hir, hit, ihp, int, iph, ipr, ire, nee, nei, nep, net, nie, nip, nit, nth, pee, peh, pen, per, pet, phi, phr, pht, pie, pin, pir, pit, pre, prn, pte, ree, reh, rei, rep, rhe, rie, rin, rip, rit, rpt, rte, rti, tee, ten, ter, the, tie, tin, tip, tph, tpi, tri, trp

Definitions for Trephine

[1] a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
[2] to operate upon with a trephine.
[3] a surgical sawlike instrument for removing circular sections of bone, esp from the skull
[4] (tr) to remove a circular section of bone from (esp the skull)

Words related to Trephine

auger, punch, implement, bit, gimlet, trepan, borer, riveter, awl, wimble, corkscrew, jackhammer, dibble, countersink

Words nearby Trephine

trento, trenton, trepan, trepang, trephination, trephine, trepid, trepidant, trepidatio cordis, trepidation, treponema

Origin of Trephine

1620–30; spelling variant of trefine, orig. trafine, blend of trapan (variant of trepan1) and Latin phrase trēs fīnēs three ends (the inventor's explanation)

Other words from Trephine

treph·i·na·tion [tref-uh -ney -shuh  n] /ˌtrɛf əˈneɪ ʃən/ , noun

Word origin for Trephine

C17: from French tréphine , from obsolete English trefine trepan 1 , allegedly from Latin trēs fīnēs literally: three ends; influenced also by English trepane trepan 1

Synonyms for Trephine

auger, awl, bit, borer, corkscrew, countersink, dibble, gimlet, implement, jackhammer, punch, riveter, trepan, wimble, rotary tool