Trepanation (disambiguation)

Trepanation/Trepanning may refer to:

Trepanation could also mean the use of a Trepan, which may refer to:

  • Trepan (drill bit), a type of industrial drill bit commonly used to bore large holes in metal and rock
  • Trepan, a rock-boring tool used for sinking mine shafts
  • Trepan, a person who entraps or decoys others (ex: An individual responsible for transporting men and women by trickery to Colonial America to be sold into indentured servitude)[1]

References

  1. "trepan | trapan, n.2". OED Online. June 2017. Oxford University Press.
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