Associations to the word «Trephination»

Wiktionary

TREPHINATION, noun. The surgical procedure in which a hole is drilled in the skull and a circular piece of bone removed

Dictionary definition

TREPHINATION, noun. An operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skull.

Wise words

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