trepan

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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

Then comes the larger trepan, with a width of 4.80 mètres, and repeats the process on a larger scale.

From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various

Ballad: The National Anthem A monarch is pestered with cares, Though, no doubt, he can often trepan them; But one comes in a shape he can never escape - The implacable National Anthem!

From Songs of a Savoyard by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

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