craniotomy
/ˌkreɪnɪˈɒtəmi
/noun [mass noun]
1Surgical removal of a portion of the skull: exploratory craniotomy disclosed an aneurysm...
- For brain aneurysms, a specialised surgical procedure called a craniotomy is carried out to open the head.
- In 1988, the patient underwent craniotomy followed by transphenoidal resection for recurrence.
- Focal tailored resection or awake craniotomy also are options.
1.1Surgical perforation of the skull of a dead fetus to ease delivery.One procedure destroys the fetus by a craniotomy, the other by dismemberment.
- between a rock and a hard place
- between jobs
- between ourselves (or you and me)
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- between you and me and the bedpost (or the gatepost or the wall)
- between you and me and the gatepost
- between you and me and the wall
- be twice the man/woman (that someone is)
- betwixt
- betwixt and between
- be two a penny
- be two (or ten) a penny
- beun
- be unable to believe one's eyes (or ears)
- be unable to hear oneself think
- be unable to (or be hardly able to) believe one's luck
- be unable to punch one's way out of a paper bag
- be unable to see the wood (or the forest) for the trees
- be under no illusion (or illusions)
- be under the illusion that
- be up shit creek
- be up shit creek (also be up shit creek without a paddle)
- be up the creek
- be up with the lark
- beurre blanc