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TREPHINE

Definition: A cylindrical or crown saw used for the removal of a disc of bone, especially from the skull, or of other firm tissue as that of the cornea.

Conceptual Structures
ISASURGICAL-AND-AMBULATORY-MEDICAL-DEVICES
ANCESTORSALL
ARTIFACT
DEVICE
INANIMATE
MEDICAL-DEVICE
OBJECT
PHYSICAL-OBJECT
SEPARABLE-ENTITY
SURGICAL-AND-AMBULATORY-MEDICAL-DEVICES
RELATIONSUSED-IN : BONE-MARROW-TREPHINE
INHERITED
RELATIONS		CONTAINED-IN : PHYSICAL-OBJECT (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT)
    MANUFACTURED-CONTAINER (by default) (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT)
ELEMENT-OF : DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED (from ARTIFACT)
INSTRUMENT-OF : EVENT (from DEVICE)
LOCATION : PLACE (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT)
MADE-OF : METAL (from DEVICE)
    PLASTIC (from DEVICE)
OBJECT-NAME : NAME (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT)
OPERATED-BY : HUMAN (from ARTIFACT)
OWNED-BY : HUMAN (from ARTIFACT)
PART-OF : ARTIFACT (from ARTIFACT)
PRODUCT-TYPE-OF : ORGANIZATION (from ARTIFACT)
THEME-OF : EVENT (from DEVICE)
USED-IN-THE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST-FOR : DISEASE-EVENT (from MEDICAL-DEVICE)
USED-IN-THE-TREATMENT-OF : HAVE-NEOPLASM (from MEDICAL-DEVICE)
INHERITED
ATTRIBUTES		AGE : >=0 (from ARTIFACT)
COLOR : GRAY (from ARTIFACT)
    MAGENTA (from ARTIFACT)
    TAN (from ARTIFACT)
    GREEN (from ARTIFACT)
    CYAN (from ARTIFACT)
    RED (from ARTIFACT)
    BLUE (from ARTIFACT)
    ORANGE (from ARTIFACT)
    YELLOW (from ARTIFACT)
    PURPLE (from ARTIFACT)
PRODUCTION-MODE : MECHANICAL (from ARTIFACT)
    AUTOMATED (from ARTIFACT)
    MANUAL (from ARTIFACT)
SIZE : <=0>=1000000 (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT)