trepanation

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

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَقَب الجَمْجَمَة (naqab al-jamjama) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Armenian: ոսկրաշաղափում (oskrašaġapʻum) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Armenian: գանգահատություն (gangahatutʻyun) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Asturian: trepanación — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Azerbaijani: trepanasiya — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Bashkir: трепанация (trepanatsiya) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Basque: trepanazio — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Belarusian: трэпанацыя (trepanacyja) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Bulgarian: трепанация (trepanacija) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Catalan: trepanació — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭部穿孔 /头部穿孔 (tóu bù chuānkǒng) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Czech: trepanace — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Dutch: schedeltrepanatie — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Esperanto: trepanado — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Estonian: trepanatsioon — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Finnish: kallonporaus — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Finnish: trepanaatio — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• French: trépanation — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Galician: trepanación — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Georgian: ტრეპანაცია (ṭreṗanacia) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• German: Trepanation — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Greek: τρυπανισμός (trypanismós) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Hungarian: lékelés — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Irish: treapánadh — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Italian: trapanazione — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Japanese: 穿頭 (sentō) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Kazakh: трепанация (trepanasiä) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Korean: 천두 (cheondu) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Kyrgyz: трепанация (trepanatsiya) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Latvian: trepanācija — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Lithuanian: trepanacija — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Macedonian: трепанација (trepanacija) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Polish: trepanacja — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Portuguese: trepanação — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Romanian: trepanație — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Russian: трепана́ция (trepanácija) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Serbo-Croatian: трепана́ција — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Serbo-Croatian: trepanácija — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Slovak: trepanácia — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Spanish: trepanación — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Tajik: трепанация (trepanaciya) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Tatar: трепанация (trepanatsiyä) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Turkish: trepanasyon — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Turkmen: trepanasiýa — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Ukrainian: трепана́ція (trepanácija) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Uzbek: trepanatsiya — practice of drilling a hole in the skull
• Yakut: трепанация (trepanatsiya) — practice of drilling a hole in the skull