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TREPAN

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Irregular inflected forms: trepanned    , trepanning   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drill for cutting circular holes around a center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("trepan" is a kind of...):

drill (a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows))

Derivation:

trepan (cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull

Synonyms:

trepan; trephine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("trepan" is a kind of...):

surgical instrument (a medical instrument used in surgery)

Derivation:

trepan (cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "trepan" is one way to...):

bore; drill (make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool)

Domain category:

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

trepan (a drill for cutting circular holes around a center)

trepan (a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull)

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