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trephine

/trɪ'faɪn/ nounverb
8 letters2 syllables13 points in Scrabble®14 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
NOUN
1

A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull.

VERB
1

Operate on with a trephine.

WORD FORMS
Related formtrephination
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®13 points
Words With Friends®14 points
Double word26 points
Triple word39 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinephinetray
Starts & ends withT … E
Syllablestre · phine
SYNONYMS & RELATED2
trepantrephination
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
nephrite13prehnite13
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