lobotomy

lobotomy

English

Etymology

From lobe +‎ -o- +‎ -tomy.

Noun

lobotomy (plural lobotomies)

1. A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses.
2. The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain.
3. The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk.

Synonyms

• leucotomy

Translations

surgical operation

Chinese: Mandarin: 前腦葉白質切除術, 前脑叶白质切除术 (qiánnǎoyèbáizhíqiēchúshù), 腦葉切除術, 腦葉切除術 (nǎoyèqiēchúshù) Czech: lobotomie f Danish: lobotomi (da) c Dutch: lobotomie (nl) f Finnish: lobotomia (fi) French: lobotomie (fr) f

German: Lobotomie (de) f Greek: λοβοτομή (el) f (lovotomí) Italian: lobotomia (it) f Japanese: 精神外科 (せいしんげか, seishingeka) Russian: лоботоми́я (ru) f (lobotomíja) Spanish: lobotomía (es) f Swedish: lobotomi c