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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 36% | 9 | Treated a skull with a surgical instrument | |
3 | 32% | 8 | Surgical instrument used to remove circular sections of skull | |
Surgical Instrument For The Skull Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "TREPAN" which means:
- noun
- • A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
- • A drill for cutting circular holes around a center verb
- • Cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery
An example sentence would be:
- • "The doctor had to trepan the patient's skull to remove the blood clot."
- • "The surgeon decided to trepan the patient's skull to relieve pressure on the brain."
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