TREPAN
/tɹɪˈpæn/ ► audio Scrabble 8 Words With Friends 10
Definition
- verb cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery.
- noun a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull.
— synonyms: trephine
- noun a drill for cutting circular holes around a center.
Examples
- “1798 Charlotte Turner Smith: The Young Philosopher. Vol.4, Chapter 9. ...a postchaise, into which he had so infamously trepanned me...”
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