Crossword clues for trepanned
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 or irritation; to perform an operation with the trepan.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: trepan)
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]
See trepan
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.