Noun: lobotomy lu'bó-tu-mee or low'bó-tu-mee
- Surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
"Lobotomies are no longer performed due to their severe and often unpredictable effects on patients"; "Prefrontal lobotomy was once used to treat severe mental illness but is now considered unethical"; "frontal lobotomies are no longer performed due to their severe and often unpredictable effects on patients";
- leukotomy [N. Amer], leucotomy [Brit], prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, frontal lobotomy
Derived forms: lobotomies
Type of: psychosurgery
Encyclopedia: Lobotomy