Definitions for trepans

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trepans tre·pan

Spelling: [trih-pan]

IPA: /trɪˈpæn/

Trepans is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 358 anagrams from letters in trepans (aenprst).

Definitions for trepans

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.
3. a person who ensnares or entraps others.
4. a stratagem; a trap.

verb (used with object)

1. Machinery. to cut circular disks from (plate stock) using a rotating cutter.
2. Surgery. to operate upon with a trepan; trephine.
3. to ensnare or entrap.
4. to entice.
5. to cheat or swindle.

Origin of trepans

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,

Examples for trepans

The trepan of M. Kind contains some peculiar details, which are shown in Figs. 97, 98.

What is requisite to be done in a doubtful Occasion; Must the trepan be apply'd or omitted?

But what a thoughtless animal is man,—How very active in his own trepan!

Do all the Fractures of the Skull require the use of the trepan?

But the point I refer to is this: the old instrument, the trepan, had a handle like a wimble, what we call a brace or bit-stock.

What is that deep Fracture, wherein the use of the trepan is absolutely necessary?

Figs. 141 to 146 are of the connections to the trepan and spears or rods.

We ought therefore to try other means, and trepan the bone in several places, till whatever is rotten be taken away.

Must all these Signs appear before a Determination can be made of the necessity of using the trepan?

The learned doctors held a consultation, and resolved to trepan the skull and extract the worm.