lobotomy
A surgical operation involving cutting into a lobe of a body organ, specifically, a…A surgical operation involving cutting into a lobe of a body organ, specifically (neurosurgery), a procedure, now largely disused, involving severing connections between the prefrontal cortex and the thalamic region of the frontal lobe of the brain to treat certain mental illnesses.
» I want to get a lobotomy.
Meaning
3 senses(historical)A surgical operation involving cutting into a lobe of a body organ, specifically (neurosurgery), a procedure, now largely disused, involving severing connections between the prefrontal cortex and the thalamic region of the frontal lobe of the brain to treat certain mental illnesses.
Lobotomie
лоботоми́яlobotomíja
лоботомі́яlobotomíja
A surgical operation involving cutting into a lobe of a body organ, specifically (neurosurgery), a procedure, now largely disused, involving severing connections between the prefrontal cortex and the thalamic region of the frontal lobe of the brain to treat certain mental illnesses.
(historical)An operation involving the severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk.
(figuratively)An act of removing or separating, and often disregarding or forgetting, something.
- surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
Examples
4 sentencesI want to get a lobotomy.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
You need a lobotomy.
I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a pre-frontal lobotomy.
Translations
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Origin
From lob(e) + -otomy (a variant of -tomy (suffix denoting a surgical incision)).From lob(e) + -otomy (a variant of -tomy (suffix denoting a surgical incision)).
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Forms
plural: lobotomies| Singular | lobotomy |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes:leukotomyleucotomyprefrontal lobotomyprefrontal leukotomyprefrontal leucotomyfrontal lobotomy