trepanation

Meaning

The practice of drilling a hole in the skull as a physical, mental, or spiritual treatment.

Synonyms

trepanning

trephination

trephining

trephnation

Translations

trépanation

trapanazione

trepanação

trepanació

trepanación

trepanasyon

Trepanation

trepanatie

trépan

terebración

τρυπανισμός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹɛpəˈneɪʃən/

Etymology

Cognate with French: trépan

Cognate with Latin: trepanum

Cognate with Ancient Greek: τρύπανον

In summary

From New Latin trepanatio, formed from French trépan (“a drill”), itself from Latin trepanum, ultimately from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “an auger, a drill”).