Usually means: Surgical drilling of the skull.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. trepanation: Merriam-Webster
  2. trepanation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. trepanation: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Trepanation, trepanation: Wordnik
  5. trepanation: Wiktionary
  6. trepanation: Dictionary.com
  7. Trepanation (album), Trepanation (disambiguation), Trepanation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. trepanation: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  9. trepanation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trepanation: Legal dictionary

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. trepanation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. trepanation: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trepanation: The Skeptic's Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trepanation: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (trepanation)

noun:  The practice of drilling a hole in the skull as a physical, mental, or spiritual treatment.

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