Noun: transorbital lobotomy
- A method of performing prefrontal lobotomy in which the surgical knife is inserted above the eyeball and moved to cut brain fibers
"The infamous ice pick lobotomy was a form of transorbital lobotomy"
Derived forms: transorbital lobotomies
Type of: frontal lobotomy, leucotomy [Brit], leukotomy [N. Amer], lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy
Encyclopedia: Transorbital lobotomy