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Trepan   Listen
noun
Trepan  n.  
1.
A snare; a trapan. "Snares and trepans that common life lays in its way."
2.
A deceiver; a cheat. "He had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan."





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"Trepan" Quotes from Famous Books



... operations. He trepanned the skull, which appears to have been a common operation in his day. He had clear and sound views in reference to wounds of the head, recognizing that trivial-looking wounds of the scalp might become very serious. Hippocrates gave directions as to the indications for using the trepan, and warned the operator against mistaking sutures of the cranial bones ...
— Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine • James Sands Elliott


Words linked to "Trepan" :   bore, surgical process, operation, trephine


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