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noun
1.
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
2.
Surgery. an obsolete form of the trephine resembling a carpenter's bit and brace.
verb (used with object)
3.
Machinery. to cut circular disks from (plate stock) using a rotating cutter.
4.
Surgery. to operate upon with a trepan; trephine.
Origin:
1350–1400; (noun) Middle English trepane < Middle French trepan crown saw < Medieval Latin trepanum < Greek trȳ́panon borer, akin to trŷpa hole, trȳpân to bore; (v) late Middle English trepanen, derivative of the noun
1350–1400; (noun) Middle English trepane < Middle French trepan crown saw < Medieval Latin trepanum < Greek trȳ́panon borer, akin to trŷpa hole, trȳpân to bore; (v) late Middle English trepanen, derivative of the noun
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əˈneɪ tre·pan·ner, noun
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noun
1.
a person who ensnares or entraps others.
2.
a stratagem; a trap.
verb (used with object)
3.
to ensnare or entrap.
4.
to entice.
5.
to cheat or swindle.
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trepan1 (trɪˈpæn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | surgery Compare trephine an instrument resembling a carpenter's brace and bit formerly used to remove circular sections of bone (esp from the skull) |
| 2. | a tool for cutting out circular blanks or for making grooves around a fixed centre |
| 3. | a. the operation of cutting a hole with such a tool |
| b. the hole so produced | |
| —vb , -pans, -panning, -panned | |
| 4. | to cut (a hole or groove) with a trepan |
| 5. | surgery another word for trephine |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin trepanum rotary saw, from Greek trupanon auger, from trupan to bore, from trupa a hole] | |
| trepanation1 | |
| —n | |
| tre'panner1 | |
| —n | |
| trepan or archaic trapan2 (trɪˈpæn, trəˈpæn) | |
| —vb , -pans, -panning, -panned | |
| 1. | to entice, ensnare, or entrap |
| 2. | to swindle or cheat |
| —n | |
| 3. | a person or thing that traps |
| [C17: of uncertain origin] | |
| trapan or archaic trapan2 | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [C17: of uncertain origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
trepan
c.1400, from Fr. trépaner (14c.), from M.L. trepanum "a saw for cutting out small pieces of bone from the skull," from Gk. trypanon, from trypan "to bore," related to trype "hole" (cf. O.C.S. truplu "hollow"), from PIE base *tere- "to rub, turn."
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Medical Dictionary
trepan tre·pan (trĭ-pān')
n.
A trephine. v. tre·panned, tre·pan·ning, tre·pans
To trephine.
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Example sentences
It made such a dent in his skull that he had to have a trepan operation, with a silver plate inserted to protect his brain.
Eversible pharynx with trepan of varying number of teeth.
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