See Also: terebration(medicine)

Cycladic (iou) and terebration (medicine)


Cycladic (iou)



Cycladic adjective. E20.
[from Latin Cyclades (see below) from Greek Kuklades (nesoi islands), from kuklos circle: see -IC.]
Of or pertaining to the Cyclades, a group of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea; spec. designating or pertaining to the prehistoric civilization of these islands.

terebration (medicine)


terebration


1. The act of boring, or of trephining.

2. A boring, piercing pain.

Origin: L. Terebro, to bore, fr. Terebra, an auger