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tre·pan 1

 (trĭ-păn′)
n.
1. A rock-boring tool used in mining for sinking shafts.
2. Medicine A trephine.
tr.v. tre·panned, tre·pan·ning, tre·pans
1. To bore (a shaft) with a trepan.
2. To bore or otherwise make a hole in (the skull), as in certain prehistoric cultures or in surgery using a trephine.
[Middle English trepane, surgical crown saw, from Medieval Latin trepanum, from Greek trūpanon, borer, from trūpān, to pierce, from trūpē, hole; see terə- in Indo-European roots.]
trep′a·na′tion (trĕp′ə-nā′shən) n.

tre·pan 2

 (trĭ-păn′) Archaic
tr.v. tre·panned, tre·pan·ning, tre·pans
To trap; ensnare.
n.
1. A trickster.
2. A trick or snare.
[Origin unknown.]
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trep·a·na·tion

n. trepanación, perforación del cráneo con un instrumento especial para reducir el aumento de la presión intracraneal causada por fractura, acumulación de sangre o pus.
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Burr-hole craniostomy (also known as trepanning, trepanation, trephination, trephining) is a time-tested intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull, exposing the dura-mater to release pressured blood build-up from an injury or manage issues pertinent to intracranial diseases.9 Various international researchers have compared the single-hole and double-hole drilling, but unfortunately reported follow-up periods are short-lived, often limited to acute hospitalization.3 Although neurosurgical clinics in Pakistan frequently manage clients of CSDH, nevertheless, formal studies are skimpy and no such study has yet been conducted at subject hospital.
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