English Explanatory Dictionary

trephination

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the surgical procedure in which a hole is drilled in the skull and a circular piece of bone removed

Word forms

trephination trephinations

Etymology

From trephine + -ation.

Synonyms

trepanation
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