French Meaning of trepan

trépanation

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Definitions and Meaning of trepan in English

Wordnet

trepan (n)

a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull

a drill for cutting circular holes around a center

Wordnet

trepan (v)

cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery

Webster

trepan (n.)

A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine.

A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.

A snare; a trapan.

a deceiver; a cheat.

Webster

trepan (v. t. & i.)

To perforate (the skull) with a trepan, so as to remove a portion of the bone, and thus relieve the brain from pressure or irritation; to perform an operation with the trepan.

Webster

trepan (v. t.)

To insnare; to trap; to trapan.

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trépanation

a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull, a drill for cutting circular holes around a center, cut a hole with a trepan, as in surger

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trenton period => Période de Trenton, trenton => Trenton, trento => Trente, trentino-alto adige => Trentin-Haut-Adige, trente-et-quarante => trente-et-quarante,