Surg. rare. ? Obs. [ad. mod.L. triploides, f. Gr. τριπλό-ος: see prec. and -OID.] (See quot.)
[1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Triploides.]
1750. Mem. R. Acad. Surg. Paris, I. 162–3. The instruments hitherto used to raise the bones of the cranium depressed on the dura mater are … the triploid…. This instrument has three feet or branches like a tripod.
