lobotomy (redirected from lobotomies)

lo·bot·o·my  (l-bt-m, l-)

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.

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[lobe + -tomy.]

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lobotomy [ləʊˈbɒtəmɪ]

n pl -mies

1. (Medicine / Surgery) surgical incision into a lobe of any organ

2. (Medicine / Surgery) Also called prefrontal leucotomy surgical interruption of one or more nerve tracts in the frontal lobe of the brain: used in the treatment of intractable mental disorders

[from lobe + -tomy]

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lobotomy  (l-bt-m)

Surgical incision into the frontal lobe of the brain to sever one or more nerve tracts, a technique formerly used to treat certain psychiatric disorders but now rarely performed.

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lobotomy

surgical severing of certain nerve fibers in the frontal lobe of the brain, once commonly performed to treat intractable depression. Also called prefrontal lobotomy.

See also: Brain

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

Translations

lobotomy [ləʊˈbɒtəmɪ] N → lobotomía f

lobotomy [ləˈbɒtəmi] n → lobotomie f

lobotomy

n (Med) → Lobotomie f

lobotomy [ləʊˈbɒtəmɪ] n (Med) → lobotomia

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lobotomy [ləʊˈbɒtəmɪ] n (Med) → lobotomia