- leukotomy
- n. prefrontal lobotomy, surgical procedure in which the nerve fibers between the frontal lobes and the rest of the brain are severed (Medicine)
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leukotomy — [loo kät′ə mē] n. pl. leukotomies LOBOTOMY … English World dictionary
leukotomy — noun surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes • Syn: ↑lobotomy, ↑leucotomy, ↑prefrontal lobotomy, ↑prefrontal leukotomy, ↑prefrontal leucotomy,… … Useful english dictionary
leukotomy — noun (plural mies) Date: 1937 lobotomy … New Collegiate Dictionary
leukotomy — /looh kot euh mee/, n., pl. leukotomies. Chiefly Brit. Surg. See prefrontal lobotomy. [1935 40; LEUKO + TOMY] * * * … Universalium
leukotomy — noun lobotomy … Wiktionary
leukotomy — Incision into the white matter of the frontal lobe of the brain. [leuko + G. tome, a cutting] prefrontal l. SYN: prefrontal lobotomy. transorbital l. SYN: transorbital lobotomy. * * * leu·kot·o·my or chiefly Brit leu·cot·o·my lü kät ə mē … Medical dictionary
Leukotomy — See Lobotomy … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
frontal leukotomy — n PREFRONTAL LOBOTOMY … Medical dictionary
prefrontal leukotomy — n PREFRONTAL LOBOTOMY … Medical dictionary
prefrontal leukotomy — noun surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes • Syn: ↑lobotomy, ↑leukotomy, ↑leucotomy, ↑prefrontal lobotomy, ↑prefrontal leucotomy, ↑frontal… … Useful english dictionary
