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Trepan Common

Trepan has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull

2

a drill for cutting circular holes around a center

3

A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts.

4

A trickster.

Verb
1

cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery

2

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.

3

To ensnare; to seduce, to trick.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
surgical instrument drill bore
Rhyming Words
pan span cpan apan zupan ulpan cupan tupan umpan japan sapan rapan kapan lipan vspan mopan stepan bedpan sappan campan
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