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PRONUNCIATION OF TREPHINATION

trephination  [ˌtrɛfɪˈneɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TREPHINATION

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Trephination is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TREPHINATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

trephination

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 trephination in the English dictionary

The definition of trephination in the dictionary is a surgical procedure where circular sections of bone are removed, esp from the skull.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TREPHINATION


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 TREPHINATION

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trepanation
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treponema
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WORDS THAT END LIKE TREPHINATION

accreditation
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confirmation
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documentation
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Synonyms and antonyms of trephination in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «trephination» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TREPHINATION

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The translations of trephination from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trephination» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

环钻术
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trepanación
570 millions of speakers

English

trephination
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

trephination
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نقب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трепанация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trepanar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

trephination
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trépanation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paksaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trepanation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

穿孔
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

trephination
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Trephination
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trephination
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

trephination
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्षोभ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

trephination
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trapanazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trephination
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трепанація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trepanație
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τρυπανισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

trephination
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

trephination
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trephination
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trephination

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TREPHINATION»

The term «trephination» is normally little used and occupies the 138.806 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TREPHINATION» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TREPHINATION»

Discover the use of trephination in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trephination and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Endodontics
However, they were both designed to investigate the efficacy of trephination in avoiding postobturation pain rather than in treating existing acute ... patients is drainage through the root canal system (apical trephination) whenever possible.
John Ide Ingle, Leif K. Bakland, 2002
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Current Techniques in Arthroscopy
Also at 25 weeks, some collagen fibers in the healing tissue in the trephination plus suturing group were aligned along the predominantly circumferential distribution of meniscal collagen fibers. In contrast, only three samples (one in each ...
J. Serge Parisien, 1998
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Ingle's Endodontics 6
Cortical trephination involves exposing the cortical bone, making an opening in the bone, and making a pathway through the cancellous bone to the root end." l() Occasionally, an instrument may be used to penetrate the mucosa and cortical ...
John Ide Ingle, Leif K. Bakland, J. Craig Baumgartner, 2008
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Textbook of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Cortical trephination is a procedure involving perforation of the cortical plate to accomplish release of pressure from accumulation of exudates within the alveolar bone. This is a limited use procedure for pain control with potential negative ...
Balaji, 2007
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Corneal Surgery: Theory, Technique and Tissue
This chapter focuses on new trephination techniques, sutureless adhesion technology, and alternatives to human cadaveric cornea transplantation, including keratoprosthe- ses and bioengineered corneas. These are areas of development ...
Frederick S. Brightbill, 2009
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Micro-endoscopic Surgery of the Paranasal Sinuses and the ...
Introduction As an explanation of the title of this chapter, mini- anterior frontal sinusotomy (MAFS) is regarded as synonymous with "trephination". Frontal trephina- tion is a procedure in which a trephine is used to make a small hole in the ...
Aldo C. Stamm, Wolfgang Draf, 2000
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Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and ...
TREPHINATION Perhaps one of the least understood surgical practices performed in ancient America concerns cranial trephination (also spelled " trepanation"), or the surgical modification of the skull. While much of the prevailing literature is ...
Helaine Selin, 1997
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Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal ...
In such situations the demonstration of unambiguous trephination in the same geographical area would certainly be significant in interpreting the equivocal cases. Another important criterion is the presence of fracture in association with ...
Donald J. Ortner, 2003
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Personality Theories: Critical Perspectives
Archaeological evidence indicates that the Maya of Central America and the Inca of Peru also practiced trephination as early as 1400 BCE . According to the Hippocratic corpus, the ancient Greeks used trephination for the more sophisticated ...
Albert Ellis, Mike Abrams, Lidia Abrams, 2009
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Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery
Trephination has traditionally been performed in the inferomedial aspect of the frontal sinus. ... endoscopic frontal recess dissections in an acutely inflamed milieu, it is often preferable to decompress the acute infection via trephination. After the ...
Fred J. Stucker, Chris de Souza, Guy S. Kenyon, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TREPHINATION»

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New keratoprosthesis a viable alternative to corneal transplant
A new epidescemetic keratoprosthesis (KeraKlear Kpro, KeraMed Inc.), implanted without total corneal trephination, is a viable alternative to corneal ... «ModernMedicine, Apr 15»
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Bang Bang actor Hrithik Roshan reveals what it felt like during his …
Burr hole trephination: Where a surgeon will drill holes into the skull of the patient over the area of the subdural haematoma, and the clot is then suctioned out ... «TheHealthSite, Sep 14»
3
DJJD PREVIEW: A review of the 1876 Nicolaus Gustafson murder …
Also, Dr. Darwin Farr, neurosurgeon, Wilmington, North Carolina, said, “Considering medical knowledge in 1876, it is possible that a careful trephination in this ... «Southernminn.com, Sep 14»
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Hrithik Roshan talks about life after head surgery
Burr hole trephination: Where a surgeon will drill holes into the skull of the patient over the area of the subdural haematoma, and the clot is then suctioned out ... «TheHealthSite, Aug 14»
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6 Things Foreigners Hate About The US
Feet and pounds made sense when there weren't better systems in place. People also used to think trephination was a swell idea. "How are you" is a greeting, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 14»
6
Knowledge jobs sought, but go wanting in Iowa
He developed and patented the Iowa Penetrating Keratoplasty Trephination Press (Iowa PK Press) for cutting a donor's cornea before transplanting it into a ... «The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines, Mar 14»
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Live Blogging The Science Of Ghostbusters
08 minutes: I am not surprised to learn Egon once attempted self-trephination - skull drilling. It's as legitimate as most of the alternative medicine making the ... «Science 2.0, Oct 13»
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All The Brainz That's Fit To Eat, And More In This Week's Sci-Blog!
Hey there, Wonkeratti! It's time once again for another unnerving Wonkette Sci-Blog. Grab a drink and a trephination knife and come on in! The human brain is a ... «Wonkette, Aug 13»
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Hunterian Museum
Trephination set, early 19th century. Tools for drilling into the cranium. Before antiseptic conditions prevailed, these were kept, as shown, in wooden boxes with a ... «Financial Times, May 13»
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This Is A Real Human 'Conehead' Skull
See her companion skull, Male Cranial Binding, with trephination BC-201. There's also a male equivalent on the site, if that's more your type: Dated over 2,000 ... «Business Insider, Sep 12»

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