trepan
1a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
Surgery. an obsolete form of the trephine resembling a carpenter's bit and brace.
Machinery. to cut circular disks from (plate stock) using a rotating cutter.
Surgery. to operate upon with a trepan; trephine.
Origin of trepan
1Other words from trepan
- trep·a·na·tion [trep-uh-ney-shuhn], /ˌtrɛp əˈneɪ ʃən/, noun
- tre·pan·ner, noun
Other definitions for trepan (2 of 2)
a person who ensnares or entraps others.
a stratagem; a trap.
to ensnare or entrap.
to entice.
to cheat or swindle.
Origin of trepan
2- Also tra·pan [truh-pan] /trəˈpæn/ .
Other words from trepan
- trep·a·na·tion, trap·a·na·tion [trep-uh-ney-shuhn], /ˌtrɛp əˈneɪ ʃən/, noun
- tre·pan·ner, tra·pan·ner, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for trepan (1 of 2)
/ (trɪˈpæn) /
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
to cut (a hole or groove) with a trepan
surgery another word for trephine
Origin of trepan
1Derived forms of trepan
- trepanation (ˌtrɛpəˈneɪʃən), noun
- trepanner, noun
British Dictionary definitions for trepan (2 of 2)
trapan (trəˈpæn)
/ (trɪˈpæn) archaic /
to entice, ensnare, or entrap
to swindle or cheat
a person or thing that traps
Origin of trepan
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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