κεφαλοτρύπανον
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
[ῡ], τό, trepan, trephine Gal.14.785.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1428] τό, Schädelbohrer, Galen.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κεφᾰλοτρύπᾰνον: τό, τρυπάνιον, Γαλην. 2. 399.
Greek Monolingual
κεφαλοτρύπανον, τὸ (Α)
ιατρικό τρυπάνι για τρύπημα του κρανίου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κεφαλ(ο)- + -τρύπανον (< τρύπανον < τρυπῶ), πρβλ. ελικοτρύπανον, σιδηροτρύπανον.
Wikipedia EN
A trephine (/trɪˈfaɪn/; from Greek τρύπανον, trypanon 'instrument for boring') is a surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade. It can be of one of several dimensions and designs depending on what it is meant to be used for. They may be specially designed for obtaining a cylindrically shaped core of bone that can be used for tests and bone studies, cutting holes in bones (e.g., the skull) or for cutting out a round piece of the cornea for eye surgery.
