"trepanation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɹɛpəˈneɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trepanation.wav Forms: trepanations [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin trepanatio, formed from French trépan (“a drill”), itself from Latin trepanum, ultimately from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “an auger, a drill”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|trepanatio}} New Latin trepanatio, {{cog|fr|trépan||a drill}} French trépan (“a drill”), {{cog|la|trepanum}} Latin trepanum, {{cog|grc|τρύπανον||an auger, a drill}} Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “an auger, a drill”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} trepanation (countable and uncountable, plural trepanations)
  1. The practice of drilling a hole in the skull as a physical, mental, or spiritual treatment. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (drilling a hole in the skull): trepanning, trephination, trephining Related terms: burr hole, craniotomy Translations (practice of drilling a hole in the skull): نَقَب الجَمْجَمَة (naqab al-jamjama) (Arabic), ոսկրաշաղափում (oskrašaġapʻum) (Armenian), գանգահատություն (gangahatutʻyun) (Armenian), trepanación [feminine] (Asturian), trepanasiya (Azerbaijani), трепанация (trepanatsiya) (Bashkir), trepanazio (Basque), трэпанацыя (trepanacyja) (Belarusian), трепанация (trepanacija) (Bulgarian), trepanació [feminine] (Catalan), 頭部穿孔 (Chinese Mandarin), 头部穿孔 (tóu bù chuānkǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), trepanace [feminine] (Czech), schedeltrepanatie [feminine] (Dutch), trepanado (Esperanto), trepanatsioon (Estonian), kallonporaus (Finnish), trepanaatio (Finnish), trépanation [feminine] (French), trepanación [feminine] (Galician), ტრეპანაცია (ṭreṗanacia) (Georgian), Trepanation [feminine] (German), τρυπανισμός (trypanismós) [masculine] (Greek), lékelés (Hungarian), treapánadh [feminine] (Irish), trapanazione [feminine] (Italian), 穿頭 (sentō) (alt: せんとう) (Japanese), трепанация (trepanasiä) (Kazakh), 천두 (cheondu) (Korean), трепанация (trepanatsiya) (Kyrgyz), trepanācija [feminine] (Latvian), trepanacija [feminine] (Lithuanian), трепанација (trepanacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), trepanacja [feminine] (Polish), trepanação [feminine] (Portuguese), trepanație [feminine] (Romanian), трепана́ция (trepanácija) [feminine] (Russian), трепана́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), trepanácija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), trepanácia [feminine] (Slovak), trepanación [feminine] (Spanish), трепанация (trepanatsiya) (Tajik), трепанация (trepanatsiyä) (Tatar), trepanasyon (Turkish), trepanasiýa (Turkmen), трепана́ція (trepanácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), trepanatsiya (Uzbek), трепанация (trepanatsiya) (Yakut)
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          "text": "Creed had suffered […] a swelling to the brain that the tribe’s chief physic treated with trepanation.",
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          "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
          "word": "頭部穿孔"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tóu bù chuānkǒng",
          "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
          "word": "头部穿孔"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
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          "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
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          "word": "trepanación"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṭreṗanacia",
          "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
          "word": "ტრეპანაცია"
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          "lang": "Irish",
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          "word": "穿頭"
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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "word": "trepanación"
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          "roman": "trepanatsiyä",
          "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
          "word": "трепанация"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
          "word": "trepanasyon"
        },
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          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
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          "roman": "trepanácija",
          "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "трепана́ція"
        },
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          "code": "uz",
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          "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
          "word": "trepanatsiya"
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          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "trepanatsiya",
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        }
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        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
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        "Terms with Irish translations",
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        "Terms with Japanese translations",
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        "Terms with Tajik translations",
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        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Turkmen translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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          "ref": "2022, Paul McAuley, Beyond the Burn Line, Gollancz, page 75:",
          "text": "Creed had suffered […] a swelling to the brain that the tribe’s chief physic treated with trepanation.",
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    {
      "sense": "drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "trepanning"
    },
    {
      "sense": "drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "trephination"
    },
    {
      "sense": "drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "trephining"
    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naqab al-jamjama",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "نَقَب الجَمْجَمَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "oskrašaġapʻum",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "ոսկրաշաղափում"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gangahatutʻyun",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "գանգահատություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trepanación"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "trepanasiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "trepanatsiya",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "трепанация"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "trepanazio"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "trepanacyja",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "трэпанацыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trepanacija",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "трепанация"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trepanació"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "頭部穿孔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóu bù chuānkǒng",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "头部穿孔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trepanace"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "schedeltrepanatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "trepanado"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "trepanatsioon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "kallonporaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "trepanaatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trépanation"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trepanación"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭreṗanacia",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "ტრეპანაცია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Trepanation"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "trypanismós",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "τρυπανισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "lékelés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "treapánadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trapanazione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sentō",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "穿頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "trepanasiä",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "трепанация"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "cheondu",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "천두"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "trepanatsiya",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "трепанация"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trepanācija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trepanacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "trepanacija",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трепанација"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trepanacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trepanação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trepanație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trepanácija",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трепана́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трепана́ција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trepanácija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trepanácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trepanación"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "trepanatsiya",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "трепанация"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "trepanatsiyä",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "трепанация"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "trepanasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "trepanasiýa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "trepanácija",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трепана́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "trepanatsiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "trepanatsiya",
      "sense": "practice of drilling a hole in the skull",
      "word": "трепанация"
    }
  ],
  "word": "trepanation"
}

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