trephine

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But with items such as a circa 1500 Austrian amputation saw and trephined Peruvian skulls from 4,000 years ago, upon which cranial surgery was performed, it’s aware of its yuck factor.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2018

Dr. Erich Kosterlitz had trephined the girl as a last effort to cure her of epilepsy.

From Time Magazine Archive

The patient was trephined by the surgeons of the German ambulance at Jacobsdal.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry

When the infection has spread from the frontal sinus, the skull is trephined in the frontal region, the precise site being indicated by the œdematous area in the scalp, and the diseased bone is removed.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Had been trephined in right parietal region before coming under our observation.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock