trephination

IPA: trˈɛfʌnˈeɪʃʌn

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

Examples of "trephination" in Sentences

Tone down the voodoo trip, the anarchy trip, the trephination trip.
How about trephination (drilling a hole in someone's head) as a solution to mental illness?
I learned a new word today: "trephination" - drilling a hole in the skull to relieve pressure on the brain.
Someone has an EBay auction about to close in which they're selling a genuine set of surgical tools for trephination - the surgical practice of drilling holes through the skull.
It begins with the first impressions of ship surgeons, missionaries and traders, who witnessed the amazing trephination skills of village medicine men residing in the Bismarck Archipelago.
In fact, there is a substantial possibility that in the not-too-distant future, what many toilers now proudly consider their scientific output will be seen to constitute “science” in the same way that a medieval physician, packing his leeches and potions and phlebotomy and trephination tools, can be said to have “practiced medicine”.