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leukotomy
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.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | leukotomy - surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changesfrontal lobotomy, leucotomy, 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 |
leukotomy
leukotomy[lü′käd·ə·mē] (medicine) lobotomy leukotomy
leukotomy [loo-kot´ah-me] prefrontal lobotomy; see lobotomy.leu·kot·o·my (lū-kot'ŏ-mē), Incision into the white matter of the frontal lobe of the brain. [leuko- + G. tomē, a cutting] leukotomy also leucotomy (lo͞o-kŏt′ə-mē)n. pl. leukoto·mies Chiefly British A prefrontal lobotomy.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]leukotomy
Related to leukotomy: leucotomySynonyms for leukotomynoun surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brainSynonyms- frontal lobotomy
- leucotomy
- lobotomy
- prefrontal leucotomy
- prefrontal leukotomy
- prefrontal lobotomy
Related Words- psychosurgery
- transorbital lobotomy
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