Noun: prefrontal lobotomy
- Surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
"Prefrontal lobotomy was once used to treat severe mental illness but is now considered unethical";
- lobotomy, leukotomy [N. Amer], leucotomy [Brit], prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, frontal lobotomy
Derived forms: prefrontal lobotomies
Type of: psychosurgery
Encyclopedia: Prefrontal lobotomy