leu·kot·o·my also leu·cot·o·my (l -k t  -m )n. pl. leu·kot·o·mies also leu·cot·o·mies Chiefly British A prefrontal lobotomy. |
leucotomy [luːˈkɒtəmɪ]
n
(Medicine / Surgery) the surgical operation of cutting some of the nerve fibres in the frontal lobes of the brain for treating intractable mental disorders See also lobotomy
[from leuco- (with reference to the white brain tissue) + -tomy]
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| Noun | 1. | leucotomy - surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes frontal lobotomy, 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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