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Trepan   Listen
noun
Trepan  n.  
1.
(Surg.) A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine.
2.
(Mining) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.





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"Trepan" Quotes from Famous Books



... who trepan seamen, by treating, advancing money, &c., by which the dupes become indebted, and when well plied with liquor are induced to sign articles, and are shipped off, only discovering their mistake on finding themselves at sea robbed of all ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth
... plump gentleman who sat opposite to me with a skull before him, he said, Mr. Snarler was too severe upon the young man; and, turning towards me, told me I need not be afraid, for nobody would do me any harm: then, bidding me take time to recollect myself, he examined me, touching the operation of the trepan, and was very well satisfied with my answers. The next person who questioned me was a wag, who began by asking if I had ever seen amputation performed; and I replying in the affirmative, he shook his head and said, "What! upon a dead subject, I suppose?" ...
— The Adventures of Roderick Random • Tobias Smollett


Words linked to "Trepan" :   surgery, bore, surgical operation, surgical process


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