leucotomyn.

Brit.

/l(j)uːˈkɒtəmi/, U.S.

/luˈkɑdəmi/

Etymology: < French leucotomie (E. Moniz Tentatives Opératoires dans le Traitement de certaines Psychoses (1936) viii. 195): see leuco- comb. form (here signifying the white matter of the brain) and -tomy comb. form.

Surgery.

= lobotomy n. (in spec. sense).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on the brain

decerebration1900

hypophysectomy1909

lobectomy1911

pinealectomy1915

lobotomy1936

leucotomy1937

tractotomy1938

thalamotomy1948

topectomy1948

gyrectomy1949

hemispherectomy1950

stereotaxy1959

lobotomization1974

1937 E. Moniz in Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry XCIII. 1379 (heading) Prefrontal leucotomy in the treatment of mental disorders.

1947 Times 13 Feb. 6/4 At intervals in the past 10 years details of the brain operation of leucotomy performed on patients with certain types of mental illness have appeared in the Press.

1950 M. Greenblatt et al. Stud. in Lobotomy ii. 10 The English, however, use rather uniformly the more correct term ‘leucotomy’, in their description of the psychosurgical technic, whereas, in this country [sc. the U.S.A.], many still prefer the term ‘lobotomy’.

1951 Lancet 21 July 91/2 (heading) Rostral leucotomy.

1958 Listener 5 June 931/2 People make moral objections to pre-frontal leucotomy even as a remedial measure.

1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. vi. 87 Other kinds of physical treatment, like insulin treatment and leucotomy, have declined in importance since the new methods have been discovered.

1967 N. H. Horwitz & H. V. Rizzoli Postoperative Complications in Neurosurg. Pract. iv. 177 Destructive surgery on the cerebral hemispheres in the treatment of intractable pain has been attempted in a variety of ways to which a myriad of names has been applied (lobotomy, leucotomy, gyrectomy, topectomy, etc.).

1969 Times 22 Mar. 3/2 The symptoms of pre~frontal leucotomy..include lack of inhibitions and inability to concentrate.

Derivatives

ˈleucotome n. [ < French leucotome (E. Moniz 1936, in Bull. de l'Acad. de Méd. CXV. 390): see -tome comb. form] an instrument used to perform leucotomy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments used on other specific parts

bronchotome1837

kiotome1842

myotome1846

tenotome1846

syringotome1848

fourchette1854

polypotome1857

tonsillotome1857

tracheotome1857

pile clamp1875

herniotome1876

oesophagotome1884

sclerotome1885

myringotome1895

ovariotome1895

turbinotome1900

viscerotome1934

leucotome1937

1937 E. Moniz in Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry XCIII. 1380 Sections were made in the subcortical white matter by a leucotome with a steel loop, tending to crush the white matter... At the present time we are using a leucotome with a steel band that cuts rather than compresses.

1969 New Scientist 30 Jan. 229/2 The destruction of localized areas in the brain has also been achieved by..the excision of a segment of tissue with an instrument (a leucotome).

leuˈcotomize v. (transitive) to perform leucotomy on.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > perform operation on specific part or condition [verb (transitive)] > operations on brain

hypophysectomize1912

pinealectomize1933

lobotomize1952

leucotomize1959

decerebrize-

1959 Times 24 July 4/4 Where not so long ago some of these patients might have been leucotomized we now no longer do so.

leuˈcotomized adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > patient > [adjective] > having undergone specific operations or treatments

transfused1652

necropsied1919

sympathectomized1928

thyroparathyroidectomized1932

lobotomized1943

leucotomized1951

vegetablized1974

1951 Lancet 21 July 92/1 From the number of patients so leucotomised who have come to me for more extensive operations, the results do not appear very satisfactory.

1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. xii. 149 Authoritarians, psychotics and leucotomized patients are all poor at person perception.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leucotomy
释义	leucotomyn. Brit. /l(j)uːˈkɒtəmi/, U.S. /luˈkɑdəmi/ Etymology: < French leucotomie (E. Moniz Tentatives Opératoires dans le Traitement de certaines Psychoses (1936) viii. 195): see leuco- comb. form (here signifying the white matter of the brain) and -tomy comb. form. Surgery. = lobotomy n. (in spec. sense). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on the brain decerebration1900 hypophysectomy1909 lobectomy1911 pinealectomy1915 lobotomy1936 leucotomy1937 tractotomy1938 thalamotomy1948 topectomy1948 gyrectomy1949 hemispherectomy1950 stereotaxy1959 lobotomization1974 1937 E. Moniz in Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry XCIII. 1379 (heading) Prefrontal leucotomy in the treatment of mental disorders. 1947 Times 13 Feb. 6/4 At intervals in the past 10 years details of the brain operation of leucotomy performed on patients with certain types of mental illness have appeared in the Press. 1950 M. Greenblatt et al. Stud. in Lobotomy ii. 10 The English, however, use rather uniformly the more correct term ‘leucotomy’, in their description of the psychosurgical technic, whereas, in this country [sc. the U.S.A.], many still prefer the term ‘lobotomy’. 1951 Lancet 21 July 91/2 (heading) Rostral leucotomy. 1958 Listener 5 June 931/2 People make moral objections to pre-frontal leucotomy even as a remedial measure. 1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. vi. 87 Other kinds of physical treatment, like insulin treatment and leucotomy, have declined in importance since the new methods have been discovered. 1967 N. H. Horwitz & H. V. Rizzoli Postoperative Complications in Neurosurg. Pract. iv. 177 Destructive surgery on the cerebral hemispheres in the treatment of intractable pain has been attempted in a variety of ways to which a myriad of names has been applied (lobotomy, leucotomy, gyrectomy, topectomy, etc.). 1969 Times 22 Mar. 3/2 The symptoms of pre~frontal leucotomy..include lack of inhibitions and inability to concentrate. Derivatives ˈleucotome n. [ < French leucotome (E. Moniz 1936, in Bull. de l'Acad. de Méd. CXV. 390): see -tome comb. form] an instrument used to perform leucotomy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments used on other specific parts bronchotome1837 kiotome1842 myotome1846 tenotome1846 syringotome1848 fourchette1854 polypotome1857 tonsillotome1857 tracheotome1857 pile clamp1875 herniotome1876 oesophagotome1884 sclerotome1885 myringotome1895 ovariotome1895 turbinotome1900 viscerotome1934 leucotome1937 1937 E. Moniz in Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry XCIII. 1380 Sections were made in the subcortical white matter by a leucotome with a steel loop, tending to crush the white matter... At the present time we are using a leucotome with a steel band that cuts rather than compresses. 1969 New Scientist 30 Jan. 229/2 The destruction of localized areas in the brain has also been achieved by..the excision of a segment of tissue with an instrument (a leucotome). leuˈcotomize v. (transitive) to perform leucotomy on. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > perform operation on specific part or condition [verb (transitive)] > operations on brain hypophysectomize1912 pinealectomize1933 lobotomize1952 leucotomize1959 decerebrize- 1959 Times 24 July 4/4 Where not so long ago some of these patients might have been leucotomized we now no longer do so. leuˈcotomized adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > patient > [adjective] > having undergone specific operations or treatments transfused1652 necropsied1919 sympathectomized1928 thyroparathyroidectomized1932 lobotomized1943 leucotomized1951 vegetablized1974 1951 Lancet 21 July 92/1 From the number of patients so leucotomised who have come to me for more extensive operations, the results do not appear very satisfactory. 1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. xii. 149 Authoritarians, psychotics and leucotomized patients are all poor at person perception. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1937
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