Examples
“The practice, also known as trepanation or trepanning, has been carried out since ancient times and has been thought to cure all sorts of conditions we would now know as mental or neurological disorders - such as epilepsy or psychosis.”
“The neo-con practice of making a hole in the skull, known as trepanation, has been around since the Stone Age.”
“From the Skeptic's Dictionary entry on "trepanation": Trepanation is the process of cutting a hole in the skull.”
“But such are the times we live in that without rising from your chair, you can find the inevitable on the Web: Yes, there are those today who call for a return to trepanation.”
The Washington Post: Virginia Historical Society's odd gems offer uncommon insights into the past
“He becomes slowly convinced that his bizarre condition could be tied directly to the “Henry†case †and that the key may lie in the ancient, mystical practice of trepanation.”
DC Comics for February 2010 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
“It may die, but it wouldn't be outside the scope of their previous work if its death was so harrowing it made you want to resort to self-trepanation to remove the memory from your brain.”
“Moskalenko studied 15 people who had undergone (trepanation) following head injuries.”
“This, he says, shows that trepanation could be an effective treatment for Alzheimer's, and he even goes so far as to suggest that it might provide a "significant" improvement in the mental functions of anyone from their mid-40s, when cranial compliance starts to decline.”
“For example, trepanation, or the practice of drilling holes in a patient's head to alleviate illness, has not yet made a comeback.”
The Huffington Post: Gene Stone: The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick
“Wired has a gallery of exhibit photos ranging from a skull that belonged to a trepanation patient to early x-ray machines.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘trepanation’.
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phrontistery-t
from phrontistery.info
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cloudjuice's Words
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Word Gems
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envelopingshadow's Words
denouement, kitsch, acrimonious, macabre, anachronism, atavism, ennui, parse, lugubrious, holism, brusque, commiserate and 164 more...
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wordsmith III: revenge of wordie
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the best
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The Body Project
Ways we modify our bodies.
snakebites, piercing, tattoo, botox, implant, liposuction, henna, circumcision, manicure, pedicure, scarification, trepanation and 7 more...
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RedBetty's Words
seraphim, banal, undulating, cretin, pathos, gloaming, masquerade, iambic, coulrophobic, libertine, fuck, trepanation and 39 more...
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randyhate's list
favorite words
vitriol, disdain, cosmonaut, embellish, mockery, sardonic, misanthrope, sestina, secular, rancor, meta, abhor and 10 more...
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hagendas early favorites
gregarious, incredulous, onomatopoeia, loquacious, quixotic, ammazzacaffè, exsanguinating, buffalo, indefatigable, doppelgänger, wassail, coulrophobia and 57 more...
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Math, Science, Medicine,Computers
coalesce, transit, polynomial, binomial, circadian, nuclear, javascript, ecmascript, rss, ajax, trepanning, mundaneum and 15 more...
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thug life
selfish, dowdy, stagnant, articulate, amory, blaine, amory blaine, gaudy, advanced, sadness, life, frustration and 24 more...
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Sep 18, 2012