leucotomy

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

leucotomy(n = noun.act) frontal lobotomy, 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; Array

is a kind of psychosurgery

has particulars: transorbital lobotomy

leucotomy, n. (pl. -ies) the surgical lesions of white nerve fibres within the brain, formerly used in psychosurgery.

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