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Meaning of 'trepan' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Trepan [ n.]
- A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine.
- A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
- A snare; a trapan.
- a deceiver; a cheat.
2 . Trepan [ v. t.]
- To insnare; to trap; to trapan.
3 . Trepan [ v. t. & i.]
- 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.

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