psy·cho·sur·ger·y (s  k -sûr j -r )n. pl. psy·cho·sur·ger·ies Brain surgery used to treat severe, intractable mental or behavioral disorders. psy cho·surgeon (-sûrjn) n.psy cho·surgi·cal (-j -kl) adj. |
psychosurgery [ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ]
n
(Medicine / Surgery) any surgical procedure on the brain, such as a frontal lobotomy, to relieve serious mental disorders
psychosurgical [ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɜːdʒɪkəl] adj
psychosurgery
the use of brain surgery to treat mental disorders. — psychosurgeon, n.
See also: Brain
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| Noun | 1. | psychosurgery - brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems brain surgery - any surgical procedure involving the brain amygdalotomy - psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence) callosectomy, callosotomy - severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy) 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 |
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