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microtrepan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-crotrepan
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very small trepan

verb

To trephine using such a tool

Etymology

From micro- + trepan.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

microtrepans (plural) microtrepans (present, singular) microtrepanning (participle, present) microtrepanned (participle, past) microtrepanned (past)

Questions

What does microtrepan mean?
A very small trepan
Where does microtrepan come from?
From micro- + trepan.

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