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| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Surgical operation in which the skull is opened, e. g. to reduce intracranial pressure following head injury with cerebral haemorrhage. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The removing of a bone disc from the skull for limited intracranial exploration. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Trepanation, also known as trephinning or trepanning is a form of surgery where a hole is cut into the skull.
Trepanation has been carried out for non-medical reasons, including religious and mystical practices. Some trepanation advocates believe the procedure to have spiritual benefits, but it is generally not carried out by doctors without a medical indication.
There is evidence of trepanation in pre-historic human remains. See also: Trephinning in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
The operation is depicted in a painting by the artist Hieronymus Bosch entitled The Cure for Folly: Trepanning, alternatively entitled The Stone Operation.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Trepanation."
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
trepanation | 39 |
american charge head trepanation | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TREPANATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | трепанация. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | trephining (craniotomy, trephining), trepanation (craniotomy, trepanning, trephining), kraniotomi (basilysis, cephalotomy, craniotomy, trephining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | trephining (craniotomy, trephining), trepanation (craniotomy, trephining), schedeloperatie (craniotomy, trephining), craniotomie (basilysis, cephalotomy, craniotomy, trephining), cefalotomie (craniotomy, trephining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مته حفاری معدن وجراحی , حیله گر (Captious, Crafty, Janusfaced, Shifty, Shrewd), حیله (Deceit, Deception, Evasion, Foul, Gaff, Gimmick, Guile, Humbug, Legerdemain, Monkeyshine, Ruse, Sleight, Train, Trick, Wile), تله (Grin, Hook, Noose, Pitfall, Quicksand, Snare, Snarl, Train), بامته سوراخ کردن (Burr), بدام انداختن (Decoy, Ensnare, Entrap, Hook, Inveigle, Nail, Snare, Trap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | trépanation (trepanning, trephination, trephining), crâniotomie (trephining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Trepanierung (craniotomy, trephining), Trepanation (basilysis, cephalotomy, craniotomy, trepanning), Schädelöffnung (craniotomy, trephining), Kraniotomie (craniotomy, trephining), Kephalotomie (basilysis, cephalotomy, craniotomy, trephining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κρανιοτομία (craniotomy, trephining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | trapanazione (boring, drilling), craniotomia (craniotomy, trephining), cefalotomia (basilysis, cephalotomy, craniotomy, trephining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epanationtray craniotomia (basilysis, cephalotomy, craniotomy, trephining). (various references) trepanación (clambering), craniotomía (craniotomy, trephining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "TREPANATION": trepanations. (additional references) | |
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"TREPANATION" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trepenation, trepination. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-n-n-o-p-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: panettoni, tarnation. | |
-3 letters: aeration, annotate, anointer, antiporn, antirape, atropine, attainer, intonate, intranet, natation, patentor, patinate, reanoint, reattain, triptane. | |
-4 letters: aeonian, annatto, antipot, apatite, apteria, arietta, arnatto, atropin, enation, entrain, entrant, intoner, intrant, intreat, iterant, nattier, nitrate, operant, painter, pannier, partita, partite, patient, patinae, patriot, pattern, pertain, pinnate, pintano, pointer, pontine, portent, pottier, pronate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-n-n-o-p-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: replantation, trepanations. | |
+2 letters: replantations. | |
+3 letters: presentational, reimplantation. | |
+4 letters: intraperitoneal, preimplantation, reimplantations. | |
+5 letters: compartmentation, interpretational, malapportionment, representational. | |
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