frontal lobotomy

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frontal lobotomy

A prefrontal lobotomy.

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

leucotomy, leukotomy, lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy

psychosurgery - brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems

transorbital lobotomy - a method of performing prefrontal lobotomy in which the surgical knife is inserted above the eyeball and moved to cut brain fibers

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frontal leucotomy leukotomy lobotomy prefrontal leucotomy prefrontal leukotomy prefrontal lobotomy psychosurgery transorbital lobotomy			Lastweek''s conference, with its acres of empty seats, looked a bit like meeting a dazed survivor from a full frontal lobotomy. The passion has gone; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Watching last week''s conference on the BBC Parliament Channel, with those acres of empty seats, was a bit like meeting a dazed survivor from a full frontal lobotomy who has lost all their cognitive abilities. Passion has gone; LETTERS to the EDITOR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) A recent e-mail read: "So shoot yourself in the cajones with a nail gun, or get a frontal lobotomy, or electrocute yourself with some copper wire . A sad event by Hengel, Mark / Arkansas Business			front-end front-end load front-end loader front-end processor front-line front-load front-loader front-loading front-page front-porch campaign front-porch campaigning front-runner front-stall front-wheel drive front. frontage frontage road frontal frontal attack frontal bone frontal cortex frontal eminence frontal gyrus Frontal hammer frontal lobe frontal lobotomy frontal plane frontal sinus frontal suture frontality frontally Frontate frontbench frontbencher frontcourt Fronted Frontenac frontenis frontes frontier frontier orbital frontier settlement frontier town Frontiered frontiersman frontierswoman Frontignac Frontingly Frontiniac frontispiece Frontless			frontal gyrus frontal gyrus frontal gyrus Frontal hammer frontal index Frontal Intermittent Rhythmic Delta Activity frontal internal hyperostosis frontal internal hyperostosis frontal internal hyperostosis frontal inversion Frontal labotomy Frontal labotomy Frontal labotomy Frontal labotomy frontal lifting frontal lobe frontal lobe frontal lobe frontal lobe dementia Frontal lobe disorder Frontal lobe disorder Frontal lobe disorder Frontal lobe disorder Frontal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery Frontal Lobe Release Signs frontal lobe syndrome frontal lobe syndrome Frontal lobes Frontal lobes Frontal lobes frontal lobotomy frontal mirror frontal mirror frontal mirror frontal mirror frontal mirror frontal nerve frontal nerve frontal nerve frontal nerve frontal nerve frontal nerve block frontal nerve block frontal nerve block Frontal nudity Frontal nudity frontal occlusion frontal p frontal p frontal p frontal p frontal p Frontal Passage Frontal Passage Frontal Peak Motor Potential frontal pericallosal region frontal plain frontal plane frontal plane frontal plane frontal plane

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