English
encephalopuncture
From encephalo- + puncture.
Formed from encephalo- + puncture
Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος ‘brain’
English encephalo-
Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- ‘prick, punch’
Proto-Italic *pungō ‘to prick, sting’
Latin pungō ‘to prick’
Latin pūnctus ‘pricked, punctured, pierced’
Late Latin punctūra
English puncture
Today it means
noun puncture of the brain or of the meninges
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / encephalopuncture