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PRONUNCIATION OF TREPANATION

trepanation  [ˌtrɛpəˈneɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TREPANATION

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Trepanation is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TREPANATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

trepanation

Trepanning

Trepanning, also known as trephination, trephining or making a burr hole (the verb trepan derives via Old French and therefrom via Medieval Latin from the Greek noun of relevant meaning trypanon, literally "(a) borer, (an) auger") is a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull, exposing the dura mater to treat health problems related to intracranial diseases. It may also refer to any "burr" hole created through other body surfaces, including nail beds. It is often used to relieve pressure beneath a surface. A trephine is an instrument used for cutting out a round piece of skull bone. Evidence of trepanation has been found in prehistoric human remains from Neolithic times onward. Cave paintings indicate that people believed the practice would cure epileptic seizures, migraines, and mental disorders. The bone that was trepanned was kept by the prehistoric people and may have been worn as a charm to keep evil spirits away.

Definition of trepanation in the English dictionary

The definition of trepanation in the dictionary is the practice of drilling holes in the skull for psychological, spiritual, or physical reasons.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TREPANATION


combination
ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃən
contamination
kənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃən
coordination
kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən
designation
ˌdɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
destination
ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən
determination
dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
discrimination
dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃən
domination
ˌdɒmɪˈneɪʃən
donation
dəʊˈneɪʃən
elimination
ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən
examination
ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃən
explanation
ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən
illumination
ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən
imagination
ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən
nation
ˈneɪʃən
nomination
ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən
origination
ɒˌrɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən
resignation
ˌrɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
termination
ˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
vaccination
ˌvæksɪˈneɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TREPANATION

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trepang
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trephination
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treponema
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treponemata
treponematoses
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WORDS THAT END LIKE TREPANATION

accreditation
action
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animation
application
association
certification
citation
communication
confirmation
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corporation
creation
decoration
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
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Synonyms and antonyms of trepanation in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «trepanation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TREPANATION

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Translator English - Chinese

环钻
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trepanación
570 millions of speakers

English

trepanation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

trepanation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نقب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трепанация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trepanação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

trepanation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trépanation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengorbanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trepanation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

穿孔
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공술 (Trepanation)
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Trepasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trepanation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலை எலும்பில் அறுவை ஆயுதம் கொண்டு வட்டமாகத் துளையிடுதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पैलवानपण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

trepanasyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trapanazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trepanacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трепанація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trepanație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρυπανισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gaatje
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trepanation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trepanasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trepanation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TREPANATION»

The term «trepanation» is regularly used and occupies the 95.694 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TREPANATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trepanation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TREPANATION»

Discover the use of trepanation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trepanation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Trepanation
This volume will look at the history of trepanation, the identification of skulls, the tools used to make the cranial openings, and theories as to why trepanation might have been performed many thousands of years ago.
Robert Arnott, Stanley Finger, Chris Smith, 2005
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Trepanation: History, Discovery, Theory
This volume will look at the history of trepanation, the identification of skulls, the tools used to make the cranial openings, and theories as to why trepanation might have been performed many thousands of years ago.
Robert Arnott, Professor Department of Psychology Stanley Finger, Stanley Finger, 2003
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California State Journal of Medicine
There is a perforation through the inter-frontal septum but whether this is part of the operation I am not in a position That this Indian recovered from the operation is indicated by the healed margins of the trepanation wound. This skull shows no  ...
‎1920
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The Bioarchaeology of Inca Imperialism in the Heartland: An ...
Chapter. 7. Trepanation. in. the. Cuzco. Region. Introduction Prehistoric trepanation, the surgical removal of part of the cranium, was first identified in Cuzco in 1865 by E. George Squier (Finger and Fernando 2001; Weiss 1958:559 ). Since its ...
Valerie Anne Andrushko, 2007
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The Microsurgical Approaches to the Target Areas of the Brain
3 A Methods for definition of trepanation by measuring. It may not be difficult for a well-experienced neuro- surgeon, to define exactly the location for trepanation dependent upon the target areas. Especially neurosurgeons with artistic talents, ...
Wolfgang Seeger, 1993
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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's ...
Découverte d'une double trépanation prehistorique a Moutiiny-sur-Crecy, canton de Crecy-sur-Serre (Aisne). Bull. et mém. Soc. d'anthrop.de1'ar.,1906,5.s., vii, 207-209.—l)ullen (C. W.) Remarks on fac-sirniles of nineteen Peruvian skulls ...
National Library of Medicine (U.S.), 1913
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They Came to Heal Us
Chapter. 7: Trepanation. As the people began to look around and truly realized the extent of the healings, they saw an increase in living activities, and many gained hope that God would spare them and their land. But for others, the tragedy of ...
Elmer M. Haygood, 2011
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A Hole in the Head: More Tales in the History of Neuroscience
TREPANATION AS AN EMPIRICAL IF NOT A RATIONAL PROCEDURE The most common view of the prehistoric and the non-Western practice of trephining, especially in the absence of a depressed fracture, was that it represented some kind ...
Charles G. Gross, 2012
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The Rise of Homo sapiens: The Evolution of Modern Thinking
Strong physical evidence of brain-behavior investigations comes from the process of trepanation, the intentional boring of a hole in the skull of a living person. Trepanned European skulls have been found dating back over 10,000 years and ...
Frederick L. Coolidge, Thomas Wynn, 2011
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The World's Worst: A Guide to the Most Disgusting, Hideous, ...
Brain specialists say trepanation should stay in the Stone Age, where it originated. The Inca people of 6000 B.C. trepanned people as a way to let out demons trapped in their heads; in the Middle Ages, it was used a treatment for epilepsy.
Mark Frauenfelder, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TREPANATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term trepanation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ancient Skull Trauma Survivors Unearthed in Bolivia
What's perhaps more interesting, however, is that one of the skulls, that of a middle-aged woman, displayed evidence of trepanation, the ancient precursor to ... «New Historian, May 15»
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Brutal Brawls And Cranial Surgery Discovered On Ancient Skeletons …
Trepanation is an anthropological term for an ancient form of cranial surgery. Known from various areas of the world, trepanation was used for both ritual and ... «Forbes, May 15»
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival in the rearview mirror
For me, the winner in this category was Emi Gennis's Trepanation, a short history of people drilling holes in their heads. I was also taken by Isabella Rotman's ... «Comic Book Resources, May 15»
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Can a Hole in Your Head Get You High?
Amanda Feilding, a British countess who supports research on psychedelic drugs, has also extolled the benefits of trepanation for consciousness expansion. «Scientific American, Apr 15»
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From tattooed pigs to a hole in the head - here is the world's …
Brit artist Amanda Feilding once performed a trepanation on herself, drilling a hole in her skull, as part of a short art film entitled Heartbeat Of The Brain. «Irish Mirror, Mar 15»
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New study reveals trepanation surgery in ancient Siberia
Trepanation is the oldest form of neurosurgery. Scholars, including archaeologists, anthropologists and doctors, speculate early nomads of the Altai Mountains ... «Ancient Origins, Feb 15»
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Chinese mummy suggests brain surgery was carried out 3600 years …
WHAT IS TREPANATION? Trepanation involves the removal of a piece of bone from the skull, and it has been performed since prehistoric times. Cave paintings ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
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Scientists Recreate Ancient Siberian Brain Surgery From 2300 …
Trepanation is an ancient procedure that involves drilling a hole into a person's skull in order to treat brain trauma, though people still do it today for "mental ... «Medical Daily, Jan 15»
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Scientists recreate ancient Siberian brain surgery techniques for first …
General view of the tracks of the trepanation on the male scull from Bike-III. ... Evidence at the time suggested they were examples of trepanation – the oldest ... «The Siberian Times, Jan 15»
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Ancient Surgery Techniques Tested by Scientists in Siberia
We suspect now that in the time of Hippocrates, Altai people could do a very fine diagnosis and carry out skillful trepanations and fantastic brain surgery,” ... «Archaeology, Jan 15»

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