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Trephination Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Trephination has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skull

2

the surgical procedure in which a hole is drilled in the skull and a circular piece of bone removed

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
operation
Rhyming Words
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