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Lobotomy

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Noun

1. frontal lobotomy, leucotomy, leukotomy, lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy

surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lobotomy

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noun plural -mies
1. 
a surgical incision into a lobe of any organ
2. Also called: prefrontal leucotomy
a surgical interruption of one or more nerve tracts in the frontal lobe of the brain: formerly used in the treatment of mental illness

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Lobotomy

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nounWord forms: plural loˈbotomies
a surgical operation in which a lobe of the brain, esp. the frontal lobe of the cerebrum, is cut into or across: now rarely used as a treatment for psychoses

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lobotomy

see synonyms of lobotomy
n. pl. lo·bot·o·mies
Surgical incision into the frontal lobe of the brain to sever one or more nerve tracts, a technique formerly used to treat certain mental disorders but now rarely performed.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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