trephine
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
Types & categories
- surgical instrument hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
operate on with a trephine
Types & categories
- operate on hypernym
Related & opposite
- trephination derivation
- trepan derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trephine |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trepan |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | surgical instrument |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trephination |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trepan |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | operate on |