trepanning

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Even trepanning, the ancient practice of drilling a hole in the skull, is a line of modern inquiry as a treatment for Alzheimer's.

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  1. The operation of making, with a trepan, an opening in the skull for relieving the brain from compression or irritation.
  2. The method of making trepanned brushes (which see, under trepan, verb).

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  • Essa's history is intricate -- she is the fugitive daughter of the melancholic queen of an unhappy land where power runs through the distaff line -- and made even more convoluted by her amnesia (nasty fall from a dirigible, subsequent clumsy trepanning, and finally some decent laser surgery), which results in the creation of a secondary personality named Fierce-frightened. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 02 - August 1997
  • It's a taste of some of the most horrific surgical procedures, including trepanning - a hole is made in the skull - blood-letting and amputation.
  • This is known as trepanning and was used up till the middle ages for headache treatment, now only used in a more advanced way to treat epidural and subdural hematomas or other intracranial disease.
  • What's next, trepanning and lobotomies and hurling virgins into the volcano to appease the corn god? —  Latest entries from edstrong.blog-city.com
  • T-t-trepanning is really one of the best 90 seconds of music ever recorded. kurtrussell | 13 —  Drowned In Sound // Feed
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