v. Obs. rare. [f. TREPAN v.1 + -IZE.] = TREPAN v.1
1601. Holland, Pliny, XVII. xxvii. I. 545. Even their bones also use to be trepanized and bored through as well as ours.
1684. Contempl. St. Man, I. v. (1699), 47. Some have been cured by tripanizing the Scull, or drawing Bones from it.