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‖ abapˈtiston Obs.—0 [Gr. ἀβάπτιστον, not immersed, f. ἀ priv. + βαπτίζ-ειν to dip.] ‘The crown of the old trepan, which was conical, or had some contrivance to prevent it from penetrating the cranium too suddenly, and so injuring the brain.’ Syd. Soc. Lex. (So called by Galen, and inserted in early Dictionaries as the Greek name, but having apparently no claim to be English.)
1696Phillips, Abaptiston or Anabaptiston, a Surgeon's instrument. 1847in Craig, etc. |