Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
trepanning .
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- noun the
surgical procedure in which a hole is drilled in theskull and a circular piece ofbone removed
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- noun an operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skull
Etymologies
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Examples
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I learned a new word today: "trephination" - drilling a hole in the skull to relieve pressure on the brain.
Microserfs Coupland, Douglas 1995
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Someone has an EBay auction about to close in which they're selling a genuine set of surgical tools for trephination - the surgical practice of drilling holes through the skull.
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Someone has an EBay auction about to close in which they're selling a genuine set of surgical tools for trephination - the surgical practice of drilling holes through the skull.
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In fact, there is a substantial possibility that in the not-too-distant future, what many toilers now proudly consider their scientific output will be seen to constitute “science” in the same way that a medieval physician, packing his leeches and potions and phlebotomy and trephination tools, can be said to have “practiced medicine”.
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Tone down the voodoo trip, the anarchy trip, the trephination trip.
Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971
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It begins with the first impressions of ship surgeons, missionaries and traders, who witnessed the amazing trephination skills of village medicine men residing in the Bismarck Archipelago.
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It begins with the first impressions of ship surgeons, missionaries and traders, who witnessed the amazing trephination skills of village medicine men residing in the Bismarck Archipelago.
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How about trephination (drilling a hole in someone's head) as a solution to mental illness?
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How about trephination (drilling a hole in someone's head) as a solution to mental illness?
Spero News 2009
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How about trephination (drilling a hole in someone's head) as a solution to mental illness?
American Thinker 2009
vendingmachine commented on the word trephination
Trephination or trepanation (both derived from the Greek word trypanon, meaning "to bore") is perhaps the oldest form of neurosurgery.
n. a surgical procedure in which a hole is drilled in the skull and a circular piece of bone removed (sometimes to relieve pressure on the brain).
May 6, 2015
madmouth commented on the word trephination
odd usage came up in "Parade's End"; the wife says, "I'm sorry I trepanned you" - meaning ambiguous from context; possibly "bored" as a violent pun?
May 6, 2015