trepan

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts.
2. A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine.

Verb

1. (transitive) To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means.
2. To use a trepan; to trephine.

Verb

Alternative spelling of trapan (“to catch or entrap (a person or animal) in a snare or trap; (figurative) to trap or trick (someone), especially by using some stratagem, into doing something that benefits the perpetrator but harms the victim”)

Concetti

trapano

perforatrice

trivella

sinonimi

trephine

borer

bur

burr

drill

miser

bitstock

trephining

sinking machine

well-rig

auger

trepanning machine

Traduzioni

trépan

trepanar

τρυπάνι

locken

überlisten

verleiten

verlocken

kernbohren

Schädelbohrer ''m''

Trepan ''m''

οστεοτρύπανο

πριόνι χειρουργού

τρυπανίζω κρανίο

τρύπανο

τρύπαρο χειρουργού

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/tɹɪˈpæn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: -

Ereditato da inglese antico: treppan

In summary

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trepan, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trephine.