microtrepan

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noun

A very small trepan

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Meanings

nounmicrotrepan (plural microtrepans)

plural microtrepans

  1. medicineA very small trepan
verbmicrotrepan (third-person singular simple present microtrepans, present participle microtrepanning, simple past and past participle microtrepanned)

present singular third person microtrepans · participle present microtrepanning · participle past microtrepanned · past microtrepanned

  1. To trephine using such a tool

Origin

From micro- + trepan.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

microtrepan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microtrepan

MLA

“microtrepan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microtrepan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microtrepan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microtrepan.

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