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Word: Trepan
Speech Type: Verb
trɪˈpan
perforate (a person's skull) with a trepan.
Short Definition:perforate person's skull with trepan
Word: Trepan
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: the noun via medieval Latin from Greek trupanon, from trupan ‘to bore’, from trupē ‘hole’; the verb from Old French trepaner
trɪˈpan
a trephine (hole saw) used by surgeons for perforating the skull.
Short Definition:trephine hole saw used by surgeons for perforating skull
a borer for sinking shafts.
Short Definition:borer for sinking shafts
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