trepan
1. a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull • Syn: trephine • Derivationally related forms: trephine (for: trephine) • Hypernyms: surgical instrument 2. a drill for cutting circular holes around a center • Hypernyms: drill
cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery • Topics: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process • Hypernyms: bore, drill • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
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