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trepanned
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull [syn: trephine ] a drill for cutting circular holes around a center v. cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery [also: trepanning , trepanned ]
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vb. (en-past of: trepan )
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Trepan \Tre*pan"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Trepanned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trepanning .] [Cf. F. tr['e]paner. See Trepan a saw.] (Surg.) To perforate (the skull) with a trepan, so as to remove a portion of the bone, and thus relieve the brain from pressure ...
Usage examples of trepanned.
And then the alethiometer, in the casual way it sometimes had of answering a question Lyra hadn't asked, added that there was a good deal more Dust around the trepanned skulls than around the one with the arrowhead.
He is the Animal of the Wig, the Trepanned Skull, the Ear Trumpet, the Glass Eye, the Pasteboard Nose, the Porcelain Teeth, the Silver Windpipe, the Wooden Leg -- a creature that is mended and patched all over, from top to bottom.