穿せん頭とう術じゅつ

noun

trepanation; trephination

Medical term for the surgical procedure of drilling or scraping a hole into the skull.

• 古こ代だい文ぶん明めいでは、穿せん頭とう術じゅつが治ち療りょう目もく的てきで行おこなわれていた。

  In ancient civilizations, trepanation was performed for therapeutic purposes.