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lobotomy Surg.|ləʊˈbɒtəmɪ|
[f. lobe + -o + -tomy.]
Incision into a lobe; spec. incision into the frontal lobe of the brain, esp. in the treatment of mental illness.
1936Freeman & Watts in Med. Ann. District of Columbia V. 326 (heading) Prefrontal lobotomy in agitated depression. 1946Lancet 29 June 953/2 Pain of organic disease relieved by prefrontal lobotomy. 1950[see leucotomy]. 1972Lancet 8 July 69/2 Schizophrenia is no longer a standard reason for performing any kind of lobotomy. 1973Nature 23 Mar. 222/3 Unlike the classical lobotomy operation, which reached its height of popularity in the 1950s and was used on up to 50,000 people in the US, psychosurgery now rarely involves actually cutting into the brain.
fig.1959N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 91 Success had been a lobotomy to my past, there seemed no power from the past which could help me in the present. 1972Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 80/2 Even private screenings are not immune to artistic lobotomy, out-of-focus, and other chronic hazards.
Hence loˈbotomize v. trans., to perform lobotomy on; loˈbotomized ppl. a. (also fig., sluggish, stupefied).
1943Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 27 Nov. 810/1 The lobotomized individual is friendly, good natured and indifferent to others' opinions. 1952B. Wolfe Limbo (1953) xxii. 368, I can tell you a thing or two about lobotomizing little rapists down to good little pacifists. 1955Sci. Amer. June 34/3 One interesting case was that of a lobotomized patient. When she was given LSD, she reverted to her pre-lobotomy depression. 1963H. C. Shands in H. I. Schneer Asthmatic Child vi. 78 Her brother had developed an intractible schizophrenic illness and had been lobotomized. 1971‘T. Coe’ Jade in Aries (1973) iv. 38 Manzoni can have our unfortunate friend committed, castrated, lobotomized and deported.
fig.1953W. Burroughs Junkie (1972) ix. 84 One night, I got lobotomized drunk in Frank's and went to a queer bar. 1968N.Y. Times 5 Feb. 29 It was the life and times of a tightly clustered and rather faceless group, which ended with a robotlike square dance. Mr. Sheppard's lobotomized shuffle was a joy to watch. 1971Atlantic Monthly Apr. 50 [He] was explaining his reasons for calling the police onto the campus, a speech greeted for the most part with a lobotomized silence.
Add: loˌbotomiˈzation n., the performance of a lobotomy.
1974E. Brawley Rap x. 133 Through persuasion, intimidation..and through torture, lobotomization and even murder, the Man has definitely made some large and painful slashes in our ranks. 1977Transatlantic Rev. lx. 63 Both of us have enjoyed the benefits of lobotomization for many years. |