trepanation
See also: trépanation
English
WOTD – 24 November 2011
Iron Age skull with hole produced by trepanation.
Etymology
From New Latin trepanatio, formed from French trépan (“a drill”), itself from Latin trepanum, ultimately from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “an auger, a drill”).
Noun
trepanation (countable and uncountable, plural trepanations)
Synonyms
- (drilling a hole in the skull): trepanning, trephination, trephining
Translations
practice of drilling a hole in the skull
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See also
- burr hole
- craniotomy
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