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Prefrontal lobotomy   /prifrˈəntəl lˈoʊbˌoʊtˌoʊmi/   Listen
Prefrontal lobotomy

noun
1.
Surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes.  Synonyms: frontal lobotomy, leucotomy, leukotomy, lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy.





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... could do much against truth drugs. And there were still more radical procedures, prefrontal lobotomy for instance. He shivered. The leatherite straps felt damp against his ...
— The Sensitive Man • Poul William Anderson
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Words linked to "Prefrontal lobotomy" :   psychosurgery, transorbital lobotomy


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