Trepanation

//tɹɛpəˈneɪʃən//

Synonyms for "trepanation" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
trepanization

Strong matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
trepanning

Related words (3)

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Related terms

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Translations

47 translations across 44 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • نَقَب الجَمْجَمَة noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Armenian

2 entries
  • գանգահատություն noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)
  • ոսկրաշաղափում noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Asturian

1 entries
  • trepanación noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • trepanasiya noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • трепанация noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Basque

1 entries
  • trepanazio noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • трэпанацыя noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • трепанация noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Catalan

1 entries
  • trepanació noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 頭部穿孔 /头部穿孔 noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Czech

1 entries
  • trepanace noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Dutch

1 entries
  • schedeltrepanatie noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • trepanado noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Estonian

1 entries
  • trepanatsioon noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kallonporaus noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)
  • trepanaatio noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

French

1 entries
  • trépanation noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Galician

1 entries
  • trepanación noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ტრეპანაცია noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

German

1 entries
  • Trepanation noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Greek

1 entries
  • τρυπανισμός noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • lékelés noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Irish

1 entries
  • treapánadh noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Italian

1 entries
  • trapanazione noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 穿頭 noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • трепанация noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Korean

1 entries
  • 천두 noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • трепанация noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Latvian

1 entries
  • trepanācija noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • trepanacija noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • трепанација noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Polish

1 entries
  • trepanacja noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • trepanação noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Romanian

1 entries
  • trepanație noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Russian

1 entries
  • трепана́ция noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • trepanácija noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)
  • трепана́ција noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Slovak

1 entries
  • trepanácia noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Spanish

1 entries
  • trepanación noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Tajik

1 entries
  • трепанация noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Tatar

1 entries
  • трепанация noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Turkish

1 entries
  • trepanasyon noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • trepanasiýa noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • трепана́ція noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • trepanatsiya noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Yakut

1 entries
  • трепанация noun (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)

Sample sentences

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Creed had suffered […] a swelling to the brain that the tribe’s chief physic treated with trepanation.

Source: wiktionary

According to the doctors, Lula, 79, underwent a trepanation: having a 3cm hole made in the skull to insert a drain to remove the bleeding.

Source: wiktionary

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