Abaptiston
surgery. a cone-shaped trephine designed to avoid penetration of the brain when incising the skull.
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- Abasement
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade. archaic. to lower; put or bring down: he abased his head. verb (transitive) to humble or belittle (oneself, etc) to lower or reduce, as in rank or estimation n. early 15c., “embarr-ssment, dread, fear,” from abase + -ment. sense of “action of […]
- Abased
(of a charge) lower on an escutcheon than is usual: a bend abased. to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade. archaic. to lower; put or bring down: he abased his head. historical examples they creep round with huge burdens of stone bowing them down to the very dust and […]