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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tre·pan, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Trepanned p. pr. & vb. n. Trepanning.]  Surg. To perforate (the skull) with a trepan, so as to remove a portion of the bone, and thus relieve the brain from pressure or irritation; to perform an operation with the trepan.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 trepan
      n 1: a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from
           the skull [syn: trephine]
      2: a drill for cutting circular holes around a center
      v : cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery
      [also: trepanning, trepanned]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 trepanned
      See trepan