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Definitions for Trepan
[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.
[3] Machinery . to cut circular disks from (plate stock) using a rotating cutter.
[4] Surgery . to operate upon with a trepan; trephine.
[5] a person who ensnares or entraps others.
[6] a stratagem; a trap.
[7] to ensnare or entrap.
[8] to entice.
[9] to cheat or swindle.
[10] surgery an instrument resembling a carpenter's brace and bit formerly used to remove circular sections of bone (esp from the skull) Compare trephine
[11] a tool for cutting out circular blanks or for making grooves around a fixed centre
[12] the operation of cutting a hole with such a tool the hole so produced
[13] to cut (a hole or groove) with a trepan
[14] surgery another word for trephine
[15] to entice, ensnare, or entrap
[16] to swindle or cheat
[17] a person or thing that traps
Words related to Trepan
auger, punch, implement, bit, gimlet, trephine, borer, riveter, awl, wimble, corkscrew, jackhammer, dibble, countersink
Words nearby Trepan
trental, trente et quarante, trentino-alto adige, trento, trenton, trepan, trepang, trephination, trephine, trepid, trepidant
Origin of Trepan
21635–45; earlier trapan, equivalent to trap1 + -an < ?
Other words from Trepan
trep·a·na·tion [trep-uh -ney -shuh n] /ˌtrɛp əˈneɪ ʃən/ , noun
tre·pan·ner , noun
trep·a·na·tion , trap·a·na·tion [trep-uh -ney -shuh n] /ˌtrɛp əˈneɪ ʃən/ , noun
tre·pan·ner , tra·pan·ner , noun
Word origin for Trepan
C17: of uncertain origin
Synonyms for Trepan
auger, awl, bit, borer, corkscrew, countersink, dibble, gimlet, implement, jackhammer, punch, riveter, trephine, wimble, rotary tool