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Trepan used in a sentence
Trepan in a sentence as a noun
Contagion was explained by miasma rather than germs, leeches and trepans were best practices, and even basic surgical sanitation was an uphill battle.
Trepan definitions
noun
a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
See also: trephine
noun
a drill for cutting circular holes around a center
verb
cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery