Associations to the word «Trepan»
Noun
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Wiktionary
TREPAN, noun. A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts.
TREPAN, noun. (medicine) A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine.
TREPAN, verb. (transitive) (manufacturing) (mining) To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means.
TREPAN, verb. (medicine) To use a trepan; to trephine.
TREPAN, noun. (archaic) A trickster.
TREPAN, noun. (archaic) A snare; a trapan.
TREPAN, verb. (archaic) To trick; to ensnare; to seduce.
Dictionary definition
TREPAN, noun. A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull.
TREPAN, noun. A drill for cutting circular holes around a center.
TREPAN, verb. Cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery.
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