Usually means: Surgical opening of the skull.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word craniotomy:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. craniotomy: Merriam-Webster
  2. craniotomy, craniotomy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. craniotomy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. craniotomy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. craniotomy: Vocabulary.com
  6. craniotomy: Wordnik
  7. craniotomy: Wiktionary
  8. craniotomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. craniotomy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. craniotomy: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. craniotomy: Dictionary.com
  12. Craniotomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Craniotomy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. craniotomy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. craniotomy: Rhymezone
  16. Craniotomy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. craniotomy: FreeDictionary.org
  18. craniotomy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. craniotomy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. craniotomy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Craniotomy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  5. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Craniotomy: Merck Manuals
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. craniotomy: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  9. craniotomy: Medical dictionary
  10. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  11. Craniotomy: Drug Medical Dictionary
  12. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See craniotomies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (craniotomy)

noun:  (surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the operation.

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