Abaptiston
Surgery. a cone-shaped trephine designed to avoid penetration of the brain when incising the skull.
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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 Tarquinius, angry at his opposition, took measures to abase him and to bring his art into contempt. Dio’s Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) Cassius Dio He saw a way […]
- 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., “embarrassment, dread, fear,” from abase + -ment. Sense of “action of […]