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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lobotomy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | frontal lobotomy, leucotomy, leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy |
| Type of | psychosurgery |
| Has types | transorbital lobotomy |
Examples of lobotomy
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In 1967, Freeman performed his last lobotomy before being banned from operating.
From the psychcentral.com
Without knowing it, we may be giving ourselves a kind of global lobotomy instead.
From the guardian.co.uk
Having said that, to the outsider we look like lobotomy patients in a psych ward.
From the smh.com.au
There were centres for lobotomy across the UK, in Dundee, North Wales and Bristol.
From the bbc.co.uk
Last week, I wrote about a virus giving a lobotomy to my Windows XP home computer.
From the usatoday.com
In addition, he used a lobotomy operation as a motif in Suddenly, Last Summer.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Freeman performed the first transorbital lobotomy on a live patient in 1946.
From the en.wikipedia.org
But even the deplorable lobotomy has never been legally banned in the United States.
From the ideas.time.com
For some reason, I experience a frontal lobotomy whenever Marmite appears on the list.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
- Surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
- Lobotomy (Greek: u03BBu03BFu03B2u03CCu03C2 lobos "lobe (of brain)"; u03C4u03BFu03BCu03AE tomu0113 "cut, slice") is a neurosurgical procedure, a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy (from the Greek u03BBu03B5u03C5u03BAu03CCu03C2 leukos "clear, white" and tomu0113). It consists of cutting or scraping away most of the connections to and from the prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain.
- (The Lobotomist) Walter Jackson Freeman II, M.D. (November 14, 1895 - May 31, 1972) was an American physician who specialized in lobotomy. He was a member of the American Psychiatric Association.
- A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses; The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain; The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk
- Incision into a lobe, cutting all the fibers in the white matter, syn. Leukotomy.
- A surgical procedure, whereby certain nerve pathways between the cerebral lobes are cut in the hope that this may produce a positive modification of behaviour. It was once believed this was an effective treatment for schizophrenia
- A surgical procedure involving the cutting of nerve fiber bundles in the brain.
- A surgical procedure that severs nerve tracts in the frontal lobe, formerly used to treat certain psychological disorders but now rarely performed.
- Noun (lobotomies) surgery
