Craterization
Encyclopedia
Craterization is an old medical procedure in which doctors
would drill holes into people's heads to remove a foreign mass (i.e., a tumor
). It gets its name from the crater
-like holes it leaves behind.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
would drill holes into people's heads to remove a foreign mass (i.e., a tumor
Tumor
A tumor or tumour is commonly used as a synonym for a neoplasm that appears enlarged in size. Tumor is not synonymous with cancer...
). It gets its name from the crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
-like holes it leaves behind.