单词	lobotomy
释义	lobotomy noun lo·​bot·​o·​my lō-ˈbä-tə-mē  plural lobotomies : surgical severance of nerve fibers connecting the frontal lobes to the thalamus that has been performed especially formerly chiefly to treat mental illness Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The most enthusiastic advocate of lobotomy in America was neurologist Walter Freeman. Richard J. Mcnally, WSJ, 13 May 2022 The city’s architecture bespeaks the literal whitewashing of its psyche, a kind of metaphor for the lobotomy that is being performed on collective memory. Jerrine Tan, Wired, 4 Aug. 2022 But two things threaten to undo her emotionally: the lobotomy her husband arranged for mentally disabled daughter Rosemary, and Teddy's crisis. Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2022 Another remedy was lobotomy, pioneered by Egas Moniz, a Portuguese neurologist whose innovation earned him the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Richard J. Mcnally, WSJ, 13 May 2022 When Bruce was around 5, she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, subjected to a prefrontal lobotomy and confined to mental institutions. James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2022 In 1949, Antonio Egas Moniz shared the prize for his development of the lobotomy, a controversial—and now discredited—surgical procedure to cut away parts of the brain in the hope of curing mental illness. Robert Hart, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021 The first series saw the nurse at its heart stirring up trouble in the lobotomy-friendly Lucia State Hospital in Northern California. Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune, 13 July 2021 Tragically, a lobotomy in 1941 had left Rosemary in a wheelchair and with greatly limited speech — an injustice that Eunice never forgave. Nick Maslow, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2021 See More Word History Etymology lobe + -o- + -tomy First Known Use 1936, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition lobotomy noun lo·​bot·​o·​my lō-ˈbät-ə-mē  plural lobotomies : surgical severance of nerve fibers connecting the frontal lobes to the thalamus that has been performed especially formerly chiefly to treat mental illness called also leukotomy compare lobectomy
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