craniotomy

English

Etymology

From cranio- +‎ -tomy.

Noun

craniotomy (plural craniotomies)

1. (surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the operation.

Derived terms

• craniotomize
• minicraniotomy
• postcraniotomy
• recraniotomy

 

Translations

surgical procedure

• Arabic: حج القحف (hija alqahf)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 开颅手术 (kāi lú shǒushù)

• Dutch: craniotomie f
• Finnish: kraniotomia
• French: craniotomie (fr) f
• German: Kraniektomie f
• Greek: κρανιοτομή (el) f (kraniotomí)
• Italian: craniotomia (it) f
• Japanese: 開頭 (ja) (kaitō)
• Polish: kraniotomia f
• Portuguese: craniotomia f
• Romanian: craniotomie (ro) f
• Spanish: craneotomía f
• Turkish: kraniotomi

See also

• craniectomy