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tre·pan
 trepan
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- pronunciation:
- trih
paen
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a heavy tool for drilling holes, esp. in rock.
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| definition 2: |
an earlier form of a trephine, used to remove disks of bone, esp. from the skull.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
trepans, trepanning, trepanned |
| definition: |
to remove a circular section of; drill or cut with a trepan.
- similar words:
- bore
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| related words: |
bore |
| derivations: |
trepanation (n.), trepanner (n.) |
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