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6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
noun a drill for cutting circular holes around a center
verb cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery
originBorrowed into Middle English from Old French trepan, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trephine.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0