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    TREPHINATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skullplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("trephination" is a kind of...):

    operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

    Derivation:

    trephine (operate on with a trephine)

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