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trepan

/ trepan /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a drill for cutting circular holes around a center
Type of:
drill
noun Sense 2
a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
Type of:
surgical instrument
Derived:
trephine
verb Sense 3
cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery
Type of:
bore drill
Derived:
trephine
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Domain:
operation surgery surgical operation
Semantic Complexity
49%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
6
Times Searched
22
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drill surgical instrument bore