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Definition of Trepan
1. Verb. Cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery.
Generic synonyms: Bore, Drill
2. Noun. A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull.
3. Noun. A drill for cutting circular holes around a center.
Definition of Trepan
1. n. A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine.
2. v. t. & i. To perforate (the skull) with a trepan, so as to remove a portion of the bone, and thus relieve the brain from pressure or irritation; to perform an operation with the trepan.
3. n. A snare; a trapan.
4. v. t. To insnare; to trap; to trapan.
Definition of Trepan
1. Noun. A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine. ¹
3. 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. ¹
4. Verb. (medicine) To use a trepan; to trephine. ¹
5. Noun. (archaic) A trickster. ¹
6. Verb. (archaic) To trick; to ensnare; to seduce. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trepan
1. to trephine [v -PANNED, -PANNING, -PANS] - See also: trephine
Medical Definition of Trepan
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