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trepanation

See also: trépanation

English edit

WOTD – 24 November 2011
 
Iron Age skull with hole produced by trepanation.

Etymology edit

From New Latin trepanatio, formed from French trépan (“a drill”), itself from Latin trepanum, ultimately from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “an auger, a drill”).

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  • IPA(key): /tɹɛpəˈneɪʃən/
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trepanation (countable and uncountable, plural trepanations)

  1. The practice of drilling a hole in the skull as a physical, mental, or spiritual treatment.
    • 2022, Paul McAuley, Beyond the Burn Line, Gollancz, page 75:
      Creed had suffered […] a swelling to the brain that the tribe’s chief physic treated with trepanation.

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