trepanned
Bored into cranium
Trepanned describes someone or something that has undergone trepanning—the surgical drilling or scraping of a hole in the skull.
The procedure is ancient, practiced since prehistoric times for medical or ritualistic purposes.
Modern neurosurgery uses trepanning to relieve pressure on the brain or access it for surgery.
The trepanned skull showed evidence of healing, suggesting the patient survived.
Head's bone casing
- drillHole-boring device
- burrClinging seed case
- holeAbsence in matter
- trephinationSurgical skull perforation
craniotomy · perforation · dura · meninges · bore · cranial surgery · bone flap · scalp
Invasive medical procedure
- neurosurgeryMedical field treating brain surgically
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- surgeonPhysician who operates
operating · sterile · hematoma · pressure relief · incision · procedure · patient · suture
Before documented civilization
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- skullsHead bones
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
shamanism · ancestors · ancient · ceremony · excavation · artifacts · cultures · evidence
Deceived for gain
- cheatedActed dishonestly to win
- deceivedMisled into false belief
- connedDeceived for gain
- trickedMisled by cunning
duped · defrauded · fleeced · hoodwinked · bamboozled · victimized · taken in · fooled
skull
Head's bone casing
trephination · craniotomy · perforation · dura · meninges · bore · cranial surgery · bone flap · scalp · parietal
surgery
Invasive medical procedure
- neurosurgeryMedical field treating brain surgically
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
surgeon · operating · sterile · hematoma · pressure relief · incision · procedure · patient · suture · recovery
prehistoric
Before documented civilization
ritual · shamanism · ancestors · ancient · ceremony · excavation · artifacts · cultures · evidence · survival
swindled
Deceived for gain
tricked · duped · defrauded · fleeced · hoodwinked · bamboozled · victimized · taken in · fooled · trapped
trepannedfreed
Released from confinement
released · liberated · rescued · emancipated · undeceived
trepannedintact
Not damaged or altered
whole · unbreached · unpierced · unperforated · solid