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thalamotomy
thalamotomy n.
Brit. 
/ˌθaləˈmɒtəmi/
, /ˌθaləˈmɒtəmi/U.S. /ˌθæləˈmɑdəmi/
Surgery an operation to destroy specific groups of cells in the thalamus, used for the relief of pain or for treatment of Parkinson's disease or mental disorders./ˌθæləˈmɑdəmi/ΘΚΠ
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decerebration1900
hypophysectomy1909
lobectomy1911
pinealectomy1915
lobotomy1936
leucotomy1937
tractotomy1938
thalamotomy1948
topectomy1948
gyrectomy1949
hemispherectomy1950
stereotaxy1959
lobotomization1974
1948 Time 21 June 76/2 Last week they announced first results of their new operation, called thalamotomy.
1955 Sci. News Let. 11 June 381/1 The studies were made on 30 patients who underwent a special brain operation called thalamotomy. In this operation the cutting is done on part of the thalamus, the structure in the brain that serves as the main relay center for feelings of heat, cold, pain and the like to the thinking part of the brain.
1973 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Dec. 666/1 The movements can be abolished only with thalamotomy.
1977 J. N. Walton Brain's Dis. Nerv. Syst. (ed. 8) xi. 595 The operations of pallidectomy and ventrolateral thalamotomy.
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