trepan
1[ trih-pan ]
/ trɪˈpæn /
noun
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
Surgery. an obsolete form of the trephine resembling a carpenter's bit and brace.
verb (used with object), tre·panned, tre·pan·ning.
Machinery. to cut circular disks from (plate stock) using a rotating cutter.
Surgery. to operate upon with a trepan; trephine.
RELATED WORDS
auger, punch, implement, bit, gimlet, trephine, borer, riveter, awl, wimble, corkscrew, jackhammer, dibble, countersink
Nearby words
- trental,
- trente et quarante,
- trentino-alto adige,
- trento,
- trenton,
- trepanation,
- trepang,
- trephination,
- trephine,
- trepid
Origin of trepan
11350–1400; (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
trepan
2[ trih-pan ]
/ trɪˈpæn /
noun
a person who ensnares or entraps others.
a stratagem; a trap.
verb (used with object), tre·panned, tre·pan·ning.
to ensnare or entrap.
to entice.
to cheat or swindle.
Also tra·pan [truh-pan] /trəˈpæn/.
Origin of trepan
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trepan
1/ (trɪˈpæn) /
noun
surgery an instrument resembling a carpenter's brace and bit formerly used to remove circular sections of bone (esp from the skull)Compare trephine
a tool for cutting out circular blanks or for making grooves around a fixed centre
- the operation of cutting a hole with such a tool
- the hole so produced
verb -pans, -panning or -panned (tr)
to cut (a hole or groove) with a trepan
surgery another word for trephine
Word Origin for trepan
C14: from Medieval Latin trepanum rotary saw, from Greek trupanon auger, from trupan to bore, from trupa a hole
verb -pans, -panning or -panned (tr)
to entice, ensnare, or entrap
to swindle or cheat
noun
a person or thing that traps
Word Origin for trepan
C17: of uncertain origin
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trepan
c.1400, from French trépaner (14c.), from Medieval Latin trepanum "a saw for cutting out small pieces of bone from the skull," from Greek trypanon, from trypan "to bore," related to trype "hole" (cf. Old Church Slavonic truplu "hollow"), from PIE root *tere- "to rub, turn" (see throw). Related: Trepanned; trepanning.
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trepan
[ trĭ-păn′ ]
n.
A trephine.
v.
To trephine.
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