Noun: leucotomy loo'kó-tu-mee
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: leukotomy)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: leukotomy)
- Surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
"leucotomies are no longer performed due to their severe and often unpredictable effects on patients"; "prefrontal leucotomies are no longer performed due to their severe and often unpredictable effects on patients";
- lobotomy, leukotomy [N. Amer], prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, frontal lobotomy
Derived forms: leucotomies
Type of: psychosurgery
Encyclopedia: Leucotomy