Trepanation
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French trépanation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁepanaˈt͡si̯oːn/
- Hyphenation: Tre‧pa‧na‧ti‧on
- Rhymes: -oːn
Noun
Trepanation f (genitive Trepanation, plural Trepanationen)
- trepanation (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)
- Eine Trepanation kann zur Behandlung von Erkrankungen des Schädelinneren eingesetzt werden.
- A trepanation can be used to treat intracranial diseases.
Declension
Declension of Trepanation [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Trepanation | die | Trepanationen |
| genitive | einer | der | Trepanation | der | Trepanationen |
| dative | einer | der | Trepanation | den | Trepanationen |
| accusative | eine | die | Trepanation | die | Trepanationen |
Related terms
- trepanieren
- Trepan
Further reading
- “Trepanation” in Duden online
- “Trepanation” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache