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leucotomy
leu·kot·o·my also leu·cot·o·my (lo͞o-kŏt′ə-mē)n. pl. leu·kot·o·mies also leu·cot·o·mies Chiefly British A prefrontal lobotomy.
[leuko- (referring to the white matter of the brain) + -tomy.]leucotomy (luːˈkɒtəmɪ) or leukotomyn (Surgery) the surgical operation of cutting some of the nerve fibres in the frontal lobes of the brain for treating intractable mental disorders. See also lobotomy[C20: from leuco- (with reference to the white brain tissue) + -tomy]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | leucotomy - surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changesfrontal lobotomy, leukotomy, lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomypsychosurgery - brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problemstransorbital lobotomy - a method of performing prefrontal lobotomy in which the surgical knife is inserted above the eyeball and moved to cut brain fibers |
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leu·cot·o·my (lōō-kŏt′ə-mē)n. Variant of leukotomy.leu·kot·o·my (lū-kot'ŏ-mē) Incision into the white matter of the frontal lobe of the brain.
Synonym(s): leucotomy. [leuko- + G. tomē, a cutting]leucotomy
Synonyms for leucotomynoun surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brainSynonyms- frontal lobotomy
- leukotomy
- lobotomy
- prefrontal leucotomy
- prefrontal leukotomy
- prefrontal lobotomy
Related Words- psychosurgery
- transorbital lobotomy
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