noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The formation of craters. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   An old medical procedure in which a hole was drilled into the head to remove a foreign mass. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From crater + -ization.

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