trepan
Example Sentences
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Marshal Ney had a silver trepan in his skull, a bullet wound in his ankle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fearful things: bonesaws, abdomen retractor, trocar and trepan.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
His friend answered, He hoped he did not intend to make use of him to trepan a man to his ruin.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings by Swift, Jonathan
The surgical trepan is a different word altogether, and belongs to Greco-Lat. trypanon, an auger, piercer.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
In later editions its spelling was influenced by the word trepan, a surgical operation.
From The Coverley Papers by Various
